Judge Denies Arbitration Of TCPA Putative Class Action Dispute Against Subway

Mealey's (September 18, 2019, 2:04 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 10 denied the request of the franchisor of Subway restaurants to arbitrate a putative class action concerning violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) because an agreement to arbitrate does not exist between the parties (Luis Arnaud v. Doctor’s Associates Inc., No. 18-3703, E.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153868)....