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Texas Appellate Court Upholds Contractor’s Arbitration Clause

Businesses often utilize arbitration clauses in their contracts to avoid the alleged “uncertainty” of a trial, with the goal of achieving a faster and more cost-efficient resolution. A recent holding by the Texas 13th Court of Appeals reinforces the longstanding notion that Texas courts strongly favor arbitration, and highlights the importance of understanding the effect such a clause will ultimately have on who decides a dispute arising out of the contract. Although many vanilla arbitration...
By: Fox Rothschild LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/texas-appellate-court-upholds-78930/

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