Fifth Circuit Vacates Northern District of Texas Order Compelling Arbitration By Beth Graham on December 10, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Class Action, Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a ...
Jay-Z Successfully Convinces NY Court to Issue TRO in AAA Arbitration Based on Lack of Arbitrator Diversity By Beth Graham on December 4, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In the case, Jay-Z and Iconix Brand Group entered into a $200 million merchandising ...
You Had Me At “Class Action Waiver” By Michael E. Brewer, Michael Leggieri and Robin Samuel on November 29, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis was a clear win for ...
S.D. Texas Orders Independent Contractor’s Lawsuit Filed Against Nonsignatory to Arbitration By Beth Graham on November 16, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Fifth Circuit In Randle v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, a Texas man signed a series ...
Dallas COA Rules No Right to Interlocutory Judicial Review of Arbitration Panel’s Order By Beth Graham on November 15, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Mediation Texas’s Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas has issued an opinion stating neither the Texas ...
El Paso COA Rules on Pre-Arbitration Discovery in Mandamus Relief Case By Beth Graham on November 13, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Arbitration Agreement In the case, In Re Dish Network, LLC, a Texas woman, Delgado, worked as a ...
From The Seventh Circuit: Class Arbitration Determination Is For Courts By Douglas A. Darch and Melissa Logan on November 5, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The decision in Herrington v. Waterstone Mortgage Corp. is instructive on many ...
N.D. Texas Dismisses FLSA Case in Favor of Arbitration By Beth Graham on October 29, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Arbitration Agreement In Gay v. Manchester Mgmt., LLC, a woman signed an agreement to arbitrate all ...
Not an illusion By David Coale on October 25, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The appellant in CBRE, Inc. v. Turner sought to avoid arbitration based on a long ...
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Case Against Texas Energy Company Due to Man’s Refusal to Arbitrate By Beth Graham on October 11, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Class Action, Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a Texas federal ...
El Paso COA Affirms Trial Court’s Order Denying Arbitration By Beth Graham on October 1, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In Encore Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Borderplex Realty Trust, et al., two real estate ...
ND Texas in Dallas Confirms $141 Million Arbitration Award in Software Dispute By Beth Graham on September 28, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In Kemper Corp. Svcs., Inc. v. Computer Sciences Corp. and DXC Tech. Co., an insurance ...
Sixth Circuit Upholds Mandatory Arbitration Of FLSA Claims By Michael Leggieri and Melissa Logan on September 17, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In Gaffers v. Kelly Services, a former employee brought suit against his employer for ...
Circuit Split Widens Over Securities Broker-Dealer Attempts to Avoid FINRA Arbitration By Beth Graham on September 11, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In Reading Health System v. Bear Stearns & Co., a Pennsylvania-based-not-for ...
Fifth Circuit Affirms Vacatur After Arbitrator Exceeded His Authority By Beth Graham on September 10, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Fifth Circuit In Hebbronville Lone Star Rentals, LLC v. Sunbelt Rentals Industrial Services, LLC an equipment ...
Houston COA Holds Administrator Not Bound by Will’s Arbitration Provision By Beth Graham on September 7, 2018 Posted in Arbitration A Houston appeals court has ruled that the administrator of an estate is not bound by ...
An Arbitration Ruling That’s About More Than Arbitration By Charles Sartain on September 6, 2018 Posted in Arbitration Let’s begin with a quiz. True or false: Apache Resources, LLC (n/k/a “Pueblo Resources ...
N.D. Texas Orders Debt Collection Case to Arbitration Based on Nonsignatory’s Motion By Beth Graham on August 15, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Arbitration Agreement In Bow v. Ad Astra Recovery Servs., Inc., a Texas woman, Bow, secured an $850 loan from...
Austin COA Affirms Order Confirming $16 Million Arbitration Award Despite Lack of Hearing Record By Beth Graham on August 9, 2018 Posted in Arbitration In Dixie Equipment, LLC v. Energia de Ramos, S.A.P.I. de C.V Dixie Equipment and ...
SCOTX Will Not Consider Whether Arbitrator Exceeded Authority in Workplace Discrimination Case By Beth Graham on July 9, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Texas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Texas has declined to consider whether an arbitrator exceeded ...
Fifth Circuit Overturns Arbitration Order Where Employer Failed to Countersign Agreement By Beth Graham on July 5, 2018 Posted in Arbitration The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a Texas ...
SCOTUS to Consider Delegation of “Wholly Groundless” Arbitrability Claims By Beth Graham on June 28, 2018 Posted in Arbitration, Arbitration Clause, SCOTUS The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in another arbitration ...
Are Employers Required to Sign Employees’ Arbitration Agreements? By Drew York on June 28, 2018 Posted in Arbitration Before Duncey’s Caps, Inc. hired Bud Dunop as its new human resources manager in 2018 ...
Fifth Circuit Reminder: Words Matter in Employment Contacts, Restrictive Covenants By Joseph Y. Ahmad on June 25, 2018 Posted in Arbitration Sometimes the most fundamental legal concepts are so basic and intuitive that ...
