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Federally Funded Nursing Homes No Longer Allowed to Require Residents to Sign Binding Arbitration Agreements
By Beth Graham - October 5, 2016
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a regulation that bans federally funded long-term care facilities such as nursing homes from using pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements.
Supreme Court of Texas Holds Company Did Not Waive Right to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - August 1, 2016
The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that a company did not waive its right to arbitration by engaging in the litigation process with a third party.
Arbitration Conducted Under the TAA May Not Be Vacated on Common-Law Grounds
By Beth Graham - May 21, 2016
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that an arbitral award may not be vacated under the Texas Arbitration Act (“TAA”) based on common-law grounds.
Supreme Court of Texas Overturns Appellate Court’s Arbitration Order in El Paso Employment Dispute
By Beth Graham - March 9, 2016
The Supreme Court of Texas has overturned an order compelling arbitration that was issued by the El Paso Court of Appeals.
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Challenge to Texas High Court’s Order in Nursing Home Dispute
By Beth Graham - January 12, 2016
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a challenge to a 2015 Texas Supreme Court ruling which held that Section 74.451 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”).
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Whether Estate Arbitration Award Should Have Been Vacated
By Beth Graham - November 23, 2015
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to consider whether the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio committed error when it refused to vacate an arbitral award on common-law grounds in a mineral and property rights transfer dispute among family members.
Faith-Based Arbitration Increasing Across the U.S.
By Beth Graham - November 19, 2015
The arbitration process has the potential to eliminate many of the negative aspects of litigation including lengthy delays, inefficiencies, and confidentiality concerns.
Dallas COA Holds Trial Court Abused Discretion When it Denied Discovery Regarding Arbitrator’s Purported Evident Partiality
By Beth Graham - July 2, 2015
Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas has ruled that a trial court abused its discretion when it refused to allow a party to a lawsuit to engage in discovery over an arbitrator’s purported evident partiality.
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari after Texas High Court Overturns $26 Million Arbitral Award
By Beth Graham - May 28, 2015
The United States Supreme Court has declined to review a Supreme Court of Texas decision overturning a $26 million arbitration award. In Robert L. Myer, et al. v. Americo Life, Inc., et al., No. 14-774, a divided Texas Supreme Court overturned a unanimous arbitration award after the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) disqualified one party’s selected arbitrator due to partiality.
Texas Supreme Court Orders Portions of Condo Construction Dispute to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - March 25, 2015
The Supreme Court of Texas has ordered a property developer to arbitrate its claims against a general contractor but refused to require it to submit the company’s claims against a number of other defendants to arbitration.
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