Mendez v. Puerto Rican Int’l Cos. et al., 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS (3d Cir. January 26, 2009)

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that in order for a party to be the subject of a mandatory stay pending arbitration under § 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 3, that party must have committed itself to arbitrate one or more issues in the suit.  The Court affirmed the order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands denying suit.

Angrisani v. Fin. Tech. Ventures, L.P., 402 N.J. Super. 138 (App. Div. 2008)

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an employee cannot be compelled to arbitrate claims arising under a stock purchase agreement, based on an arbitration provision in a separate employment agreement entered into at the same time, even if the two agreements were closely intertwined.