Esguerra-Aguilar, Inc. v. Shapes Franchising, LLC: Court Finds Incorporation of Arbitration Rules Allows Arbitrator to Determine Arbitrability of Dispute
Executive Summary: In an unreported decision, Judge Freeman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a franchisor’s motion to stay proceedings pending arbitration finding that the parties delegated the question of arbitrability to the arbitrator to decide by incorporating, by reference, the AAA and NAF arbitration rules. Citation: Esguerra-Aguilar, Inc. v. Shapes Franchising, LLC, 2020 […]