Smidt v. McKee

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• noting that “New York courts have relied on the direct benefits 39 See R. Doc. 17-1 at 19. 40 See R. Doc. 17 at 5-6. estoppel theory, derived from federal case law, to abrogate the general rule against binding nonsignatories”
• \Direct benefits estoppel applies when a nonsignatory knowingly exploits the agreement containing the arbitration clause.\
• “[A] nonsignatory may be compelled to arbitrate where the nonsignatory ‘knowingly exploits’ the benefits of an agreement containing an arbitration clause, and receives benefits flowing directly from the agreement[.]”

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