Texas’ Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in Houston has overturned a trial court’s order denying a party’s motion to compel arbitration. In Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc. v. Kelley, No. 14-14-00072-CV (October 9, 2014), a man, Kelley, was hospitalized over the injuries he sustained in a workplace tractor-trailer accident.

Professor William W. Park, R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law at the Boston University School of Law has published a thoughtful article entitled, A Fair Fight: Professional Guidelines in International Arbitration, Forthcoming, 30 Arbitration International 409 (2014); Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-53.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed portions of a district court’s order compelling arbitration in a contract dispute. In Sharpe v. AmeriPlan Corp., No. 13-10922, (5th Cir., October 16, 2014), four independent business owners (“IBOs”) sold health plans and recruited other IBOs through a network for AmeriPlan Corporation.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas heard oral argument in Fredricksburg Care Co., L.P. v. Perez, No. 13-0573. In the case, a Texas nursing home sought appellate review after the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio denied its motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit based on the requirements set forth in the Texas Medical Liability Act (“TMLA”).