Arbitration Clause Encompasses Claims in Equity, Federal Judge Rules

LOS ANGELES - A dispute over unpaid sales commissions falls within the broad arbitration clause contained within the parties' representative agreements, a California federal judge has ruled, granting the defendant's motion to dismiss. C&S Corporation Ltd. v. BAE Systems Controls Inc., No. 12-366 (C.D. Calif.).

On April 11, Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that the broad language of the clause encompasses claims in equity, including quasi-contractual and estoppel claims.

In 2002, C & S Corporation Ltd., a Korean corporation, entered into international representative agreements with BAE Systems Controls Inc. …