Magistrate Holds Dispute Over Franchise Agreement’s Validity Must Be Arbitrated

Mealey's (November 13, 2018, 1:58 PM EST) -- DETROIT — Since a franchisee failed to challenge the validity of an arbitral agreement, a Michigan federal magistrate judge on Nov. 8 held that the court could not review the validity of an underlying franchise agreement in the first instance and that the issue must first be reviewed by an arbitrator (DetailXPerts Franchise Systems, LLC v. TKTM Enterprise, LLC, et al., No. 18-11823, E.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191992)....