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Houston COA Orders Legal Malpractice Case to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - September 2, 2015
Houston’s 14th District Court of Appeals has ordered a legal malpractice case to arbitration.
El Paso COA Orders Workers’ Compensation Non-Subscriber Negligence Lawsuits to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - August 25, 2015
Texas’ Eighth District Court of Appeals has ruled that a boot manufacturer may require its workers to arbitrate their workplace injury claims under a provision included in the workers’ employment contract.
Changing the Foundations of Arbitration in Securities Disputes
By Beth Graham - July 14, 2015
Mr. Saleh Jaberi, a PhD candidate in the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University in Australia, and Dr. Bruno Zeller, Professor at the University of Western Australia Law School, Fellow of the Australian Institute for Commercial Arbitration, and Visiting Professor at Stetson Law School in Florida, have published “How Much Can it Be Bent Before Breaking? Changing the Foundations of Arbitration in Securities Disputes,” Pepperdine Dispute R
Texas Supreme Court Finds Arbitration Clause in Attorney-Client Contract Was Not Unconscionable, Against Public Policy or Illusory
By Renee Kolar - June 28, 2015
In Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP v. Francisco (Frank) Lopez, the Texas supreme court reversed an interlocutory appeal from the Corpus Christi court of appeals, holding that the plaintiff did not prove that an arbitration provision in an attorney-client employment contract was substantively unconscionable nor did the plaintiff prove any other defense to the arbitration provision.
Missouri Declares It Unconscionable For NFL Commissioner to Arbitrate Employment Dispute
By Beth Graham - June 10, 2015
Disputing would like to invite you to check out Liz Kramer’s recent blog post entitled “Missouri Declares It Unconscionable For NFL Commissioner to Arbitrate Employment Dispute.”
U.S. Supreme Court Again Declines to Review Scope of Arbitral Agreement in Wrongful Death Action Against Nursing Home
By Beth Graham - June 9, 2015
The United States Supreme Court has again refused to consider whether the heirs of a deceased nursing home resident are bound by an arbitral agreement that was signed prior to the resident’s admission.
Fort Worth COA Holds Arbitral Agreement Was Incorporated by Reference in Performance Bond Dispute
By Beth Graham - April 2, 2015
In Granite Re Inc. v. Jay Mills Contracting Inc., No. 02-14-00357-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, March 26, 2015), the City of Granbury, Texas hired a contractor, Jay Mills Contracting (“JMC”), to design and install a boardwalk and several docks. After that, JMC contracted with another company, North American Marine Industries (“NAMI”), to complete the project.
Fort Worth COA Orders Employment Dispute to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - March 18, 2015
Texas’ Second District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth has overturned a trial court’s order denying arbitration in an employment dispute. In Brand FX, LLC v. Rhine, No. 02-14-00249-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, February 26, 2015), a publicly traded Delaware company that manufactures trucking industry parts hired a Texas man, Rhine, to serve as its Chief Financial Officer in November 2013.
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
Supreme Court of Texas Agrees to Consider Whether Attorney-Client Arbitration Agreement is Unconscionable
By Beth Graham - February 20, 2015
Earlier today, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to consider whether or not an arbitration agreement between a law firm and its former client was one-sided and substantively unconscionable. In the case, In re: Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, LLP, No. 14-0109, a man, Lopez, retained a law firm, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, LLP (“Royston”) to represent him in divorce proceedings related to his common law marriage.
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