Law Review Article | Alternative Dispute Resolution
Will Pryor has once again written an annual survey of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) law in Texas for the SMU Law Review. This is the third year ADR was included in Law Review’s Annual Survey of...
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Supreme Court Denies Cert in Manifest Disregard Case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Lagstein, 10-534. The case sought to address whether a “manifest disregard of the law” standard of...
View ArticleArticle | Are Arbitrators Above the Law? The ‘Manifest Disregard of the Law’...
Michael H. LeRoy, Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations and Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, recently published a law review article entitled Are Arbitrators Above the Law? The...
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Houston COA Holds Challenge to Applicability of FAA Was Waived
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has held a party to a transportation worker employment contract waived any challenges to the application of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) “by invoking it in the...
View ArticleGUEST-POST PART I | AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion and the Bright Side of...
By James M. Gaitis Last week’s United States Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 2011 WL 1561956 (U.S., April 27, 2011) no doubt will provide arbitration law commentators...
View ArticleGUEST-POST PART II | AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion and the Bright Side of...
By James M. Gaitis [See Part I here. ] Because the only valid grounds for vacatur now recognized by the Supreme Court are those grounds found in Section 10 of the FAA, the above statements by the...
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Texas Supreme Court Declines to Follow Hall Street in Arbitration Case: Nafta...
The Supreme Court of Texas has held that the Texas General Arbitration Act (TAA) allows judicial review of arbitral awards by agreement beyond what the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows. Justice...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Rules that ‘Manifest Disregard of the Law’ Is Not Independent...
The Seventh Circuit held that “manifest disregard of the law” is not an independent ground for vacatur in a patent case under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). See Affymax, Inc. v....
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2011 Arbitration Case Law | Texas Supreme Court
Continuing our 2011 Year-End Highlights series, we present today noteworthy arbitration cases heard by the Texas Supreme Court. On February 27, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court denied cert to a case where...
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A Summary of Recent Arbitration Confirmation Cases
Roland Goss, Partner at Jordon Burt, LLP, has compiled a useful summary of recent arbitration confirmation cases. Disputing would like to thank Mr. Goss for allowing us to share his summary here:...
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