Court Orders Arbitration of Claims Arising Out of Terminated Contract
A Kansas federal court has enforced an arbitration agreement within a terminated contract, finding that the claims arose out of the prior contract and that the parties expressed no intent to terminate the arbitration agreement.
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Statutory Deadline for Challenging Award Does Not Apply Where Party Challenged Existence of Arbitration Agreement
 In affirming vacatur of an arbitration award entered in a credit card dispute, the South Carolina Court of Appeals held that the statutory deadline for filing a motion to vacate an arbitration award does not apply where (1) the motion for vacatur is premised on the lack of an arbitration agreement and (2) the aggrieved party objected to the arbitration by disputing the existence of an arbitration agreement.
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 "King of Torts" Cops a Plea
JACKSON, Miss. - Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge - a crime that will almost surely send him to prison and perhaps spell the end of his storied legal career.
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