Post-Settlement Dispute Was Arbitrable, Brazilian Oil Company Tells High Court

Mealey's (December 19, 2022, 10:21 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Brazilian oil company and a U.S. subsidiary urge the U.S. Supreme Court in a recent petition for a writ of certiorari to review a debate over arbitrability that they  say has divided federal circuit courts and state high courts, arguing that the Texas Supreme Court wrongly found that a global settlement agreement they entered with former joint venture partners superseded the parties’ preexisting contract containing an arbitration agreement....