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Bad Faith and Conflicts of Interest: Positive Software v. New Century

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by Victoria VanBuren

Friday, Mar 13, 2009


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We hope ya”ll survive four consecutive days of rain here in Austin. A story in today’s Texas Lawyer caught our attention. In the contested arbitration case Positive Software Solutions Inc. v. New Mortgage, et al., a U.S. District Judge issued sanctions against counsel for the defense, for acting in bad faith.

The full text of the story is here.

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About Victoria VanBuren

Born and raised in Mexico, Victoria is a native Spanish speaker and a graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), or "the MIT of Latin America." She concentrated in physics and mathematics. Immediately after completing her work at the Institute, Victoria moved to Canada to study English and French. On her way back to Mexico, she landed in Dallas and managed to have her luggage lost at the airport. Charmed by the Texas hospitality, she decided to stay and made her way back to Austin, which she's adopted as home.

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