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The First Court of Appeals of Texas Limits Scope of Special Master Authority in eDiscovery
By Beth Graham - September 16, 2010
In a very troubling opinion, the First Court of Appeals of Texas has held that providing a special master with unrestricted access to all documents on a hard drive and discretion to employ or modify search terms is impermissible when discovery is ordered in a special appearance context. In In re Howard K. Stern, No. 01-09-00438-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] August 25, 2010) celebrity Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, alleged in an u
Fifth Circuit Rules Courts Lack Inherent Authority to Impose Sanctions for Arbitral Conduct
By Beth Graham - September 15, 2010
The Fifth Circuit has held that it lacks inherent authority to impose sanctions for conduct which occurred during arbitration. In Positive Software Solutions, Inc. v. New Century Mortgage Corp., No. 09-10355, (5th Cir., September 13, 2010), Positive Software Solutions sued New Century for allegedly infringing telemarketing software licensed to New Century. The case was subsequently ordered to arbitration under the terms of the parties’ contract.
First Court of Appeals of Texas Holds a Cooperative Law Agreement in a Divorce Proceeding Does Not Violate Public Policy
By Beth Graham - September 14, 2010
The First Court of Appeals of Texas held in a case of first impression that a cooperative law agreement in a divorce proceeding does not violate public policy. In In re Mary Lynn Mabray, No. 01-09-01099-CV (Tex. App.-Hous. (1 Dist.) August 31, 2010) the relator, Mary Lynn Mabray, challenged a trial court’s order denying her motion to disqualify counsel from representing her husband, Gary Allen Mabray, and her motion to revoke consent to arb
Article | Less than Half of Miami-Dade County Homeowners Comply With Court Ordered Foreclosure Mediation
By Beth Graham - September 13, 2010
In January, the Florida Supreme Court ordered mediation on all home foreclosure cases. According to Miami Today, less than half of homeowners in Miami-Dade County have complied with state-mandated mediation since January. Miami-Dade County is one of three Florida counties that ran a managed mediation pilot program prior to the state-mandated mediation order. The Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program administered by the non-profit Collins Center
How Healthcare Staff Can Impact Quality
By Holly Hayes - September 10, 2010
by Holly Hayes Our good friend, Don Philbin, sent us this link to a Harvard Business School article about “Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers” in healthcare. The article looks specifically at incident-reporting systems in hospitals and, rightly so, suggests that any system used to report and track incidents in healthcare should contribute to the implementation of actions to correct for those incidents resulting in higher quality c
Fifth Circuit Rules Arbitrability Question is for Arbitrator to Decide Where Parties Clearly Intended So
By Beth Graham - September 9, 2010
The Fifth Circuit has held that the question of arbitrability is for an arbitrator to decide where an arbitration agreement exists between the parties and they clearly intended for the issue to be arbitrated based on the wording of the arbitration provision. In Allen v. Regions Bank, No. 09-60705, (5th Cir., August 11, 2010), plaintiffs (the Allens) obtained a home equity loan from First American National Bank in October 1999. The bank withheld f
Texas Bar Journal Article: “What You Always Wanted to Know About Arbitration”
By Beth Graham - September 8, 2010
Texas Bar Journal September 2010 | Volume 73, 8 This issue features an interesting article entitled “What You Always Wanted to Know About Arbitration” written by Scott D. Marrs and Sean P. Milligan. The article seeks to answer five key arbitration questions recently decided by the courts: 1. Can the parties agree that an arbitration award is appealable? In Hall Street Associates, Inc. v. Mattel, Inc., No. 06-989, 552 U.S. 576 (2008), the U.S. Sup
Article – Third Circuit Court of Hawaii Reports Home Foreclosure Mediation Pilot Project Statistics
By Beth Graham - September 7, 2010
The Third Circuit Court of Hawaii reported mid-year statistics for its Foreclosure Mediation Pilot Project (FMPP) in the Summer 2010 Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Newsletter, ADR Times. Launched in November 2009, the FMPP allows borrower-occupants facing judicial foreclosure to request mediation through the program. Once a request is submitted to the court, the case is then scheduled for a judicial conference in which a judge determin
New Law Requires End-of-Life Discussion
By Holly Hayes - September 3, 2010
By Holly Hayes Over opposition of the New York State’s medical society, last week, Gov. David A. Paterson signed a bill — the New York Palliative Care Information Act — which requires physicians treating patients with a terminal illness to “offer them or their representatives information about prognosis and options for end-of-life care, including aggressive pain management and hospice care as well as the possibilities for further life-susta
Law Review Article | Still Litigating Arbitration in the Fifth Circuit, But Less Often
By Victoria VanBuren - September 2, 2010
We invite you to read Donald R. Philbin, Jr. and Audrey Lynn Maness‘ latest Fifth Circuit law review article, Still Litigating Arbitration in the Fifth Circuit, But Less Often, 42 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 551 (2010). Here is an excerpt: Arbitration remains under national klieg lights. It has “become a wide-ranging surrogate for civil litigation” in a wider variety of contracts than at any time in our nation?s history. This increased use has reveal
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