I declare this the Summer of Arbitration. It’s not as sexy as the Summer of Love (which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, btw www.sftravel.com/summer-love-2017), but there has to be some recognition of the avalanche of arbitration cases on my desk (to say nothing of the regulation changes).
Today, I focus on the state supreme courts. In the last few months, ten separate state high courts have issued arbitration decisions. Many of those have addressed whether arbitrators properly disclosed relationships with the parties, their counsel and their experts. To keep things brief, I will report each state in alphabetical order, in roughly tweet length below (140 characters, not counting citation). Put some flowers in your hair, turn up the 60s tunes, and read on.
Texas: $21 M arb award confirmed; arbitrator unaware of trivial fact not disclosed & damages within authority.Forest Oil Corp. v. El Rucio Land & Cattle Co., 2017 WL 1541086 (Tex. Apr. 28, 2017).
