Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP (9th Cir. 2021)
This split decision holds that when the case is in federal court under their federal question jurisdiction, federal common law, rather than the law of the state or foreign country in which the contract was entered into, governs threshold questions of arbitrability, such as whether a nonsignatory to the arbitration agreement may enforce it through equitable estoppel. Under federal common… Read More