Court Compels Plaintiff To International Arbitration With Nonsignatories

Adolfo Jiménez is a Partner, Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta and Vanessa Lopez are Associates in Holland & Knight's Miami office

HIGHLIGHTS:

• In Caporicci U.S.A. Corp. v. Prada S.p.A., a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida judge granted a motion to compel plaintiff and defendants, and certain service providers, to arbitrate in Milan, on the basis of an arbitration clause included in an agreement between Prada and Caporicci "for the purchase of alligator hatchlings and eggs."
• The court held that the arbitration clause met the requirements set forth in the United Nations Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention).