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Carlton Fields

South Carolina Supreme Court Vacates Award, Finds Arbitration Panel Manifestly Disregarded Statutory Law

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National Golf Management LLC sold 13 golf courses to a buyer represented by broker Andrew Waldo. NGM was represented in a previous transaction by Michael Cousins. Although Cousins had no written representation agreement with...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

South Carolina Supreme Court Says “No” to Binding Non-Signatories to Arbitration Clause

The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently determined that non-signatory insureds could not be compelled to arbitrate their claims under an arbitration clause in an agency agreement where the insureds did not obtain a...more

Maynard Nexsen

Can Arbitration Be Enforced Against Non-Signatories to a Contract?

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South Carolina Supreme Court Employs Direct Benefits Test - To those of you kind enough to visit this site regularly – no, you are not seeing double. On December 18, 2018 we addressed the United States District Court’s...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc.: The End of Arbitration for Residential Developers and Builders in South Carolina?

Mark Twain famously wrote that the reports of his death were exaggerated. Following the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc. last month, you may have heard arbitration is dead for South...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

South Carolina Supreme Court Decision Impacts Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions in New Residential Construction Sales...

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On July 6, 2016, the South Carolina Supreme Court filed its Opinion No. 27645, captioned Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc., in which it affirmed the Court of Appeals' refusal to compel arbitration between new home purchasers and the...more

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