Mealey's (August 26, 2022, 12:28 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A custom homebuilder and its general contractor on Aug. 16 appealed to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals an order by a federal judge in North Carolina denying their motion to dismiss a homeowning couple’s construction defects counterclaims and to compel arbitration after finding that the builder waived its right to compel arbitration by using the court’s “litigation machinery” when it sued and sought an injunction against the couple for operating a website condemning the company’s practices....