United States To Supreme Court: Nonsignatory May Pursue Arbitration

Mealey's (September 26, 2019, 12:59 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States filed an amicus brief on Sept. 24 in an international arbitration case before the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a French energy company’s position that the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred when it found that the company could not pursue arbitration against a steel plant and insurers because there was no agreement in writing between the parties (GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, et al., No. 18-1048, U.S. Sup.)....