Puerto Rico Judge Rejects Party’s Argument That Arbitration Would be Prohibitively Expensive

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico has ordered a company to arbitrate a breach of contract dispute, ruling that the company failed to present evidence supporting its contention that arbitration would be prohibitively expensive.

On Sept. 30, Judge Carmen Consuelo Cerezo of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico further ruled that the doctrine of rebus sic stantibus does not render the arbitration clause unenforceable. The "very special and extraordinary circumstances" for application of the doctrine do not exist in this case, the judge held.

In November 2013, Ryvelix Company Inc. sued …