Category Archives: Texas

January 14
2013

Fifth Circuit: May A Court Dismiss A Petition to Confirm a Foreign Arbitration Award Based upon A Lack of Personal Jurisdiction?

  First Investment Corp. of the Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd., No. 12-30377 (5th Cir. Dec. 21, 2012).   Covington Marine Corp. v. Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., No. 12-30383 (5th Cir. Dec. 21, 2012). These cases presented the … Read full post…

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November 26
2012

SCOTUS: Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) Displaces Outright State Prohibition against Arbitration of a Particular Type of Claim.

Prior to consideration by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held noncompetition agreements in employment contracts were void and unenforceable under an Oklahoma statute which limits the enforceability of noncompetition agreements. The U.S. Supreme Court … Read full post…

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November 15
2012

Proposed TRCP 91a and TRCP 169 – early dismissals and expedited actions

In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed a law which called upon the Texas Supreme Court to modify the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (TRCP) to allow for, among other things, (a) early dismissals of civil actions without any basis in law or … Read full post…

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