Split 9th Circuit Panel Again Says Indian Incense Company Can’t Compel Arbitration

Mealey's (July 8, 2021, 1:27 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals split panel on July 7 again ruled that an Indian incense company as nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement cannot rely on doctrines of equitable estoppel to compel arbitration with a former partner and his company, issuing a predominantly identical opinion to one the panel withdrew a month ago with the same dissenting judge writing that the case should be remanded for a choice-of-law analysis....