Keith Dawson v. Rent-A-Center

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Rent-A-Center Inc. moved to compel arbitration of an employment law dispute between Rent-A-Center and Plaintiff Keith Dawson. The district court denied this motion and Rent-A-Center appeals. Dawson agreed to arbitrate with his former employer Rent-Way, Inc., which subsequently merged with and became part of Rent-A-Center. Dawson denies, however, that the arbitration agreement remained binding on either party after the merger. The district court agreed with Dawson because it found that there was no “continuity of business” between Rent-Way and Rent-A-Center. We…