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Archived articles from March 2015
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San Antonio COA Upholds Arbitrator’s Award in Work Injury Case
By Beth Graham - March 16, 2015
Texas’ Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio has affirmed a trial court’s order confirming an arbitrator’s award in a work injury dispute. In Saiz v. Susser Holdings Corp. and Stripes LLC, No. 04-14-00487-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, March 11, 2015), a worker, Saiz, was injured in a 2010 workplace accident. At the time, her employer, Susser Holdings Corp. and Stripes LLC (‘the Companies”), did not carry workers’ compensation insurance under the
The End of Class Actions?
By Beth Graham - March 15, 2015
Vanderbilt Law School Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick has published “The End of Class Actions?,” Arizona Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2015; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-2; Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-5.
Houston COA Overturns Order Denying Arbitration in Construction Dispute
By Beth Graham - March 13, 2015
Texas’ 14th District Court of Appeals in Houston has reversed a district court’s order denying arbitration in a construction dispute.
Texas Supreme Court Holds FAA Preempts Texas Law in Nursing Home Dispute
By Beth Graham - March 10, 2015
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that Section 74.451 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”).
Amarillo COA Overturns Order Holding Arbitration Provision is Unconscionable in Cotton Marketing Pool Dispute
By Beth Graham - March 6, 2015
Texas’ Seventh District Court of Appeals in Amarillo has overturned a Cochran County court’s order refusing to compel a cotton-marketing dispute to arbitration. In Ecom USA, Inc. v. Clark, No. 07-14-00240-CV (February 25, 2015), a group of cotton farmers agreed to deliver any crops grown in 2010 and 2011 to a marketing pool that was owned and administered by Ecom USA, Inc.
Manufactured Consent: The Problem of Arbitration Clauses in Corporate Charters and Bylaws
By Beth Graham - March 5, 2015
Ann M. Lipton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law has published "Manufactured Consent: The Problem of Arbitration Clauses in Corporate Charters and Bylaws," 104 Georgetown Law Journal __, Forthcoming.
Investor-State Dispute Settlement is Source of Contention in Proposed Pacific Trade Pact
By Beth Graham - March 3, 2015
A group of lawmakers led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren have recently expressed concerns over a proposed Trans-Pacific trade partnership between the United States and 11 other nations.
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