The Texas Supreme Court has in the past year or two emphasized that non-signatories to arbitration agreements can still be required to arbitrate certain disputes. (see prior blog posts here, here, and here). This morning, the Court analyzed circumstances in which a non-signatory can actually compel arbitration pursuant to a contract to which the non-signatory was, of course, not a party. The majority opinion, written by Justice Hecht, continues t

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This morning, the Texas Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion in a case which concludes that a guardian ad litem’s fee was unreasonable and remands to the trial court the issue of the reasonableness of the fee. The case discusses the applicable standard for evaluating an ad litem’s fee and is an important one for anyone who litigates cases in which settlements are made on behalf of minor children. The underlying case stemmed from

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This morning, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in eleven cases. None has to do with Texas arbitration law. Two have to do with premises liability actions, one of which seems to be an important case based on a quick skimming. We will blog on it in detail as time permits, hopefully later today. For the rest, however, we will offer the following brief summary: Brookshire v. Taylor. This is the seemingly important premises liability case. The

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