The Fifth District Court of Appeals of Texas in Dallas has affirmed a trial court’s order confirming an arbitral award in a dispute between a residential builder and several homeowners.

Professor Alan S. Rau, Mark G. and Judy G. Yudof Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, has authored Crossing the Threshold: Arbitral Jurisdiction after BG Group, Melanges en l’honneur de Pierre Mayer (2015 Forthcoming).

On September 1st, new American Arbitration Association (AAA) Consumer Arbitration Rules went into effect. The 55 new rules reportedly replaced the eight Consumer-Related Disputes Supplementary Procedures that previously applied to consumer arbitrations filed with the organization. The new rules apply to all arbitral cases filed after September 1, 2014.

Texas’ Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston has reversed a trial court’s order denying arbitration in a legal malpractice dispute. In Greenberg Traurig, LLP v. National American Ins. Co., National American Insurance Company (NAICO) retained the services of an attorney at Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Greenberg) to defend Okie Foundation Drilling Co., Inc. (Okie) in an appeal in an accidental death case.