Mealey's (April 13, 2021, 7:50 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A Michigan federal judge on March 31 denied a franchisor’s motion to compel arbitration, holding that its dispute with two franchisees over the operation of a virtual computer training platform did not implicate the parties’ franchise agreements. The dispute fell under the parties’ participation agreements (PAs), which do not contain an arbitration clause, the judge said....