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U.S. Supreme Court enforces agreement to arbitrate enforceability disputes
- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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- USA
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- July 6 2010
In Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, __ U.S. ___ (June 21, 2010 slip op.) the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the arbitrability of a dispute regarding whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable
Texas Supreme Court protects arbitration agreement from parallel litigation
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- USA
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- July 6 2010
In In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, __ S.W.3d __ (June 25, 2010 slip op.), the Texas Supreme Court conditionally granted mandamus relief in favor of Merrill Lynch, staying litigation against it by a non-signatory company when that company's sister company that was a signatory to an arbitration agreement was also asserting identical claims that were potentially subject to a class action carve out from its arbitration agreement with Merrill Lynch, the defendant in both cases
The Texas Supreme Court upholds appellate review of arbitration award for reversible error under the Texas Arbitration Act
- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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- USA
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- May 17 2011
Recently, the Texas Supreme Court upheld under the Texas Arbitration Act an arbitration agreement provision that expressly restricts an arbitrator's power to make an award that contains reversible error
Beware of procedural traps when seeking to enforce arbitration clauses
- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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- USA
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- January 12 2010
Two cases, discussed below, provide good examples of circumstances in which U.S. courts have not held in favor of upholding arbitration clauses
Federal, state courts issue bevy of arbitration-related decisions
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- USA
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- December 9 2009
Several recent court decisions, both at the federal and state level, may impact your arbitration agreements or strategies
Federal, state courts issue bevy of arbitration-related decisions
- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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- USA
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- December 4 2009
Several recent court decisions, both at the federal and state level, may impact your arbitration agreements or strategies
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