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Houston Appeals Court Affirms Arbitration Award for Environmental and Other Damages in Oil and Gas Case
By Beth Graham - August 1, 2014
Texas’ First Court of Appeals in Houston has affirmed a trial court’s decision to confirm an arbitration panel’s damages award in an oil and gas exploration and production dispute.
Texas Supreme Court Overturns $26 Million Arbitral Award Over Improper Arbitrator Disqualification
By Beth Graham - June 21, 2014
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Texas overturned a panel’s unanimous arbitration award because the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) wrongfully disqualified one party’s selected arbitrator.
Texas Supreme Court Holds Agreement to Arbitrate is Not Substantively Unconscionable Despite Unenforceable Provisions
By Beth Graham - June 20, 2014
The Supreme Court of Texas has held that an arbitration agreement that includes an unenforceable provision is not substantively unconscionable and may be severed from the unenforceable provision.
Texas Supreme Court Holds Arbitrator’s Partial Disclosure of Information Supports Finding of Evident Partiality
By Beth Graham - May 28, 2014
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a neutral arbitrator’s partial disclosure of relevant facts that might reasonably lead an objective observer to believe he was biased towards one party constitutes evident partiality.
Texas Supreme Court Holds Law Firm Did Not Waive Arbitration in Fee Dispute
By Beth Graham - May 21, 2014
The Supreme Court of Texas has held that a law firm did not waive its right to arbitrate a fee dispute with a former client after the firm sued one of its former associates who continued to represent the client after the associate left the firm.
Bicyclist Armstrong Appeals Arbitration Panel’s Decision to Supreme Court of Texas
By Beth Graham - May 4, 2014
On Friday, former professional bicyclist Lance Armstrong asked the Supreme Court of Texas to overturn a Dallas arbitration panel’s decision to reconsider a 2005 arbitration settlement in his favor.
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Whether Arbitral Agreement in Cotton Dispute is Unconscionable
By Beth Graham - December 16, 2013
On November 22, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to hear Venture Cotton Cooperative et al. v. Freeman et al., No. 13-0122.
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Consider What Constitutes Arbitrator Evident Partiality
By Beth Graham - November 25, 2013
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to consider whether an arbitration award in a dispute between two energy companies should be upheld.
Texas Supreme Court Declines to Review Arbitration Order in Natural Gas Case
By Beth Graham - September 10, 2013
The Supreme Court of Texas has declined to review a First District Court of Appeals decision requiring arbitration in a natural gas contract dispute.
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Arbitrator Disqualification
By Beth Graham - August 26, 2013
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to hear Americo Life, Inc., et al. v. Robert L. Myer and Strider Marketing Group, Inc., No. 12-0739, which is currently on appeal from the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas.
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