Supreme Court Decides No Signature, No Problem

For years the Supreme Court of the United States has been petitioned to clarify international and domestic policies surrounding international arbitration and resulting awards. Most recently, on June 1, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion regarding the relationship between domestic equitable estoppel and the enforcement of arbitration agreements. In GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp., Converteam SAS v. Outokumpufka Stainless USA, LLC, et al. (" GE Energy Power"), the Court addressed the issue of whether a nonsignatory to a contract could still have the power to compel arbitration pursuant to that contract. Writing for the Court, Justice Clarence Thomas explained that the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, June 10, 1958, 21 U. S. T. 2517, T. I. A. S. No. 6997 (the "New York Convention" or "Convention"), does not conflict with domestic equitable estoppel doctrines that permit the enforcement of