On March 6th, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson presented his State of the Judiciary Speech before the 83rd Texas Legislature in Austin. Disputing will publish the entire speech in three parts.

Here is Part I:

Pepperdine University School of Law Professor Thomas J. Stipanowich has published In Quest of the Arbitration Trifecta, or Closed Door Litigation?: The Delaware Arbitration Program, Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law, Forthcoming; Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013/10.

The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court improperly reduced an arbitrator’s award. In Hamstein Cumberland Music Group v. Estate of Williams, No. 05-51666 (5th Cir. May 10, 2013), a royalty dispute between a company that publishes songwriters and recording artists, Hamstein Cumberland Music Group (Hamstein), and the estate of a deceased songwriter and performer, Jerry Lynn Williams (Williams),was submitted to arbitration.

Last week, the International Bar Association adopted new IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. The guidelines were reportedly designed to create a more uniform and equitable experience for both attorneys and arbitrators engaged in international arbitral disputes.