We thought that you might find interesting the following recent developments in international arbitration published by the International Law Office service: Brazil: Let’s continue to talk about arbitration! Canada: Validity of arbitration agreement is issue for arbitral tribunal, not court Denmark: New rules make arbitration faster and better Germany: Supreme Court changes jurisdiction on preclusion in enforcement proceedings France: Dallah

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By Brett Goodman Similar to a court referring a case to mediation in the first place, in Texas, a trial court is under a discretionary standard concerning imposing sanctions for failure to appear. See Roberts v. Rose, 37 S.W.3d 31, 33 (Tex. App. 2000). Discretion is abused when the trial court acts without reference to any guiding rules or principles. See Johnson v.. Fourth Court of Appeals, 700 S.W.2d 916, 918 (Tex.1985). Courts have an inherent

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The Northern District of Texas has held that a signatory to an arbitration agreement may enjoin another signatory from pursuing litigation against a non-signatory. In Salad Bowl Franchise Corp. v. Crane, No. 3:11-CV-0034-D (N.D. Tex., March 17, 2011), Salad Bowl, a Texas corporation with its principal offices in Dallas, entered into a franchise agreement which contained an arbitration clause with New Mexico residents Mason and Henry Crane (“the C

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