U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Employers Over Class Arbitration Waivers By Beth Graham on May 21, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The United States Supreme Court has finally decided whether a collective action ban ...
SCOTX Vacates Arbitration Award in Crop Insurance Dispute By Beth Graham on May 14, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Texas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that a contract signatory was erroneously ...
Corpus Christi COA Holds Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Arbitral Clause Was Illusory By Beth Graham on March 14, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Arbitration Clause The Court of Appeals of Texas in Corpus Christi has ruled that a wrongful death ...
SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Arbitrability of Independent Contractor Agreements By Beth Graham on March 12, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, FAA In New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, an interstate trucking company, New Prime, recruited ...
SCOTUS stays arbitrability dispute in antitrust case By David Coale on March 6, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings in Archer & Daniels Sales ...
SCOTX Agrees to Consider Whether Crop Insurance Dispute Was Properly Submitted to Arbitration By Beth Graham on March 5, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Texas Supreme Court In Jody James Farms, JV v. The Altman Group, Inc. and Laurie Diaz, Jody James Farms ...
True today, perhaps not true tomorow. By David Coale on February 26, 2018 Posted in Arbitration A defendant can rely on factual allegations to establish the proper forum, when the ...
Texas AG Joins Bipartisan Group Urging Congress to Act on Mandatory Arbitration of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims By Beth Graham on February 15, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Legislation According to a letter signed by 56 attorneys general and sent to ...
Business Disputes: Arbitration vs. Mediation By Austin TX Business Law Blog on January 22, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Mediation Is arbitration or mediation the best method for resolving my business dispute? ...
Arbitration: “except for actions seeking injunctive relief” means – just that. By David Coale on January 4, 2018 Posted in Arbitration Plaintiffs alleged antitrust violations by distributors of dental equipment; seeking ...
New Petition Asks SCOTX to Consider Whether Arbitrator Exceeded His Authority By Beth Graham on December 4, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, Texas Supreme Court In Methodist Healthcare System, Ltd., LLP v. Friesenhahn, a woman was terminated ...
No English fluency? No arbitration defense. By David Coale on October 30, 2017 Posted in Arbitration In an uncommon but fundamental challenge to an arbitration agreement, the plaintiff ...
Legal Battle Continues After Arbitrator Upholds Suspension of Dallas Cowboys Running Back By Beth Graham on October 23, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction The legal saga over an NFL running back’s controversial six-game suspension has ...
SCOTUS Denies Cert. in Texas Ponzi Scheme Case By Beth Graham on October 13, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court In their petition for certiorari, the former financial advisers argued the Fifth Circuit’s ...
But it said “final” — By David Coale on October 3, 2017 Posted in Appellate Procedure, Arbitration, Interlocutory Appeal While the order said that it was final, section 171.098 of the Texas Arbitration Act does ...
SCOTUS to Consider Murphy Oil, Epic Systems, and Ernst & Young Today By Beth Graham on October 2, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, SCOTUS The question presented to the Supreme Court is: Whether arbitration agreements with ...
No waiver of arbitration right By David Coale on September 25, 2017 Posted in Arbitration Among other holdings related to the arbitrability of a dispute between a ...
Appellate Court Refuses to Order Uber-Waymo Dispute to Arbitration By Beth Graham on September 25, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, Lawsuit In response to the lawsuit, Uber filed a motion to compel arbitration based on ...
5th Circuit Once Again Upholds Class Waiver Absent an Arbitration Agreement By Beth Graham on August 25, 2017 Posted in Arbitration The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has once again overturned a ...
5th Circuit Upholds Class Waiver Without an Arbitration Agreement By Beth Graham on August 14, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, FAA, NLRA, Supreme Court A Convergys worker who signed the class-action waiver as part of the employment ...
Misclassification in the Sharing Economy: It’s the Arbitration Agreements By Beth Graham on August 8, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, Supreme Court In their journal article, the authors study the changes made to several companies’ ...
SCOTUS to Hear Oral Argument in Murphy Oil on October 2nd By Beth Graham on August 7, 2017 Posted in Arbitration, SCOTUS On the first day of its new term, the United States Supreme Court will hear ...
Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements in Arbitration in Texas By Leiza Dolghih on July 5, 2017 Posted in Arbitration While an arbitration may generally provide a faster, cheaper, and more confidential ...
Fifth Circuit Holds Payday Lender Waived Right to Arbitration By Beth Graham on May 25, 2017 Posted in Arbitration In Lucinda Vine, et al. v. PLS Financial Services, Inc., a Texas payday lender provided ...
