IQ Products Co. v. WD-40 Co.

The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling arbitration and final judgment in a suit between IQ and WD-40. The court held that the 1996 Agreement between the parties contained an arbitration clause and IQ acknowledges that this arbitration covered some set of claims; IQ waived its challenged to the district court's conclusion that the parties clearly and unmistakably intended to delegate the issue of arbitrability to the arbitrator by conceding it before the district court; and WD-40's assertion of arbitrability was not wholly groundless. The court also held that the arbitrators acted within their authority in deciding that the dispute was arbitrable, and the district court was correct to deny IQ's motion to vacate the award under 9 U.S.C. 10(a)(4). View "IQ Products Co. v. WD-40 Co." on Justia Law