Judge Stays Arbitration Against Nonsignatories Pending Jurisdictional Review

Mealey's ( April 10, 2023, 11:31 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on April 7 granted two British Virgin Islands (BVI) entities’ motion for a preliminary injunction staying the merits phase of a pending international arbitration brought against them by Google’s Asian division in a dispute over $120 million in unpaid advertising invoices after finding that “serious legal questions exist” regarding the arbitral panel’s jurisdiction....