9th Circuit Majority Affirms Denial Of Nonsignatory’s Bid To Compel Arbitration

Mealey's (January 22, 2021, 2:08 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 20 again affirmed a district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration of a trademark dispute between two Indian incense companies after finding that equitable estoppel would not apply under federal law, while a dissenting judge said the case should be remanded for review under the state law of the parties’ contract....