In September 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Ford v. ConocoPhillips considered the availability of arbitration in a contracted employee arrangement. In the Eastern District of Texas, Bishop v. SZ DJI Tech. Co., Ltd....more
10/15/2025
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In August 2025, the Eastern District of Texas considered and rejected sweeping challenges to the FINRA arbitration structure in Mansour v. Morgan Stanley, and in Fortis Advisors, LLC v. Atos IT Sols. & Services, Inc., the...more
In July 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered enforcement of an arbitration agreement contained in an attorney representation agreement, and in Barnett v. Am. Express Nat'l Bank, the court of appeals reiterated...more
June 2025 saw opinions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressing issues including the authority of a court to dismiss a case that had been stayed pending an arbitration and the sequence of decision-making when a...more
7/30/2025
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