Judge Stays Solar Panel Companies’ UCL, Trade Secret Row Pending Arbitration

(August 7, 2023, 1:27 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge stayed a lawsuit brought by a Korean solar panel manufacturer accusing two California-based solar panel companies of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL), misappropriation of trade secrets and defamation pending the outcome of the parties’ arbitration in Singapore, finding that the parties’ agreement delegates questions of arbitrability to the arbitrators....