arbitration in company agreements

In Gray vs. Ward, Ward and Gray started a limited partnership where Ward was a limited partner and Gray was a limited partner and the manager of the general partner. No. 05-18-00266-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 6992 (Tex. App.—Dallas August 9, 2019, no pet.). Ward was also an employee of the partnership, but there was no written employment agreement. Ward wanted to exit the relationship, and the parties had a dispute concerning the amount to buy him out. Ward alleged that Gray fired him, but told employees that Ward resigned. Ward sued Gray and the general partner for breach of contract and fiduciary duties arising out of the buy-out of his interests, wrongful termination related to his firing, and defamation. Gray filed a motion to compel arbitration due to the following arbitration clause in the partnership agreement:
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