Ford To 6th Circuit:  Fairness Act Can’t Protect Foreign Dealer From Arbitration

Mealey's (June 3, 2021, 12:20 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Ford Motor Co. in a June 1 appellee brief to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says a Kuwaiti car dealer’s argument that the Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act (the Fairness Act) applies to foreign dealers and should have precluded a district court from ordering it to arbitrate a dispute with Ford is moot and contends that the Fairness Act applies only domestically....