Price v. Ernst & Young, LLP

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• concluding that trial court correctly applied doctrine of equitable estoppel where appellant made certain assertions multiple times in its complaint
• finding that “equitable es-toppel applies when the signatory to a written agreement containing an arbitration clause must rely on 'the terms of the written agreement in asserting its claims against the nonsignatory.”
• affirming the grant of non-signatory defendants’ motions to stay the proceedings pending arbitration and finding that the signatory plaintiffs were equitably estopped from denying that the arbitration clause applied to their claims
• a party relies on the contract when the claims relate “directly to— or presume the existence of—the contract that incorporates the arbitration agreement”

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