Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • The Recorder | News

    Oracle Loses Bid to Overturn Former Employee's Motion to Compel Arbitration

    By Ross Todd | March 21, 2019

    Former sales employee Marcella Johnson originally filed a proposed class action in federal court, but dropped her suit and filed a petition for class arbitration. Oracle hoped to get a federal court to rule that she should be bound by a late arbitration agreement that bars classwide arbitration.

  • The Legal Intelligencer | News

    Arbitration Award Stands in Lawsuit Against Asset Managers

    By P.J. D'Annunzio | March 21, 2019

    The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the denial of a motion to vacate an arbitration award in favor of an asset management firm sued for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.

  • The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary

    Is That Decision-Maker an Expert or an Arbitrator?

    By Abraham J. Gafni | March 21, 2019

    In commercial transactions, parties often seek to resolve a disagreement by designating an expert who will decide a particular issue based upon that individual's expertise.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Arbitration of Law Firm Disputes

    By Arthur J. Ciampi | March 21, 2019

    In his Law Firm Partnership column, Arthur J. Ciampi analyzes the case 'Cuker v. Berezofsky', and considers the benefits and detriments of arbitrating law firm disputes.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Competence-Competence: A Comparative Analysis

    By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | March 20, 2019

    The competence-competence principle—that is, whether arbitrators are competent to decide if a dispute is arbitrable—is an important gateway issue in arbitration. This article looks at how that issue has developed under US law and compares it to how it is handled in foreign courts.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Alternative Dispute Resolution

    By Angela Turturro | March 18, 2019

    In this Special Report: "The Benefits of Real-Time Dispute Resolution," "Avoiding the 'Litigization' of Arbitration," "Recent Rulings Reaffirm Courts' High Degree of Deference to Arbitration Process," "A Closer Look: Mediation in Surrogate's Court," "Creative Mediation: Alleviating Commercial Division Congestion" and "Co-Mediating—Giving It a Chance."

  • New York Law Journal

    A Closer Look: Mediation in Surrogate's Court

    By Leslie Wilsher, Hope Winthrop and JoAn Pangilinan-Taylor | March 15, 2019

    Families are complex systems. Mediation allows the parties to address emotional and inter-relational matters that cannot be addressed in the courtroom, but that might otherwise impede the settlement process. Providing a forum in which parties can feel heard, instead of having “to prove,” may allow them to move past these obstacles, leading to a more expedient and efficient resolution.

  • New York Law Journal

    Avoiding the 'Litigization' of Arbitration

    By Mitchell Banas | March 15, 2019

    Nothing can guarantee that your arbitration won't be "litigized" if that's what both sides really want and the arbitrator(s) allow(s). By following these steps, however, you can at least help make sure that it doesn't happen unwittingly.

  • New York Law Journal

    Recent Rulings Reaffirm Courts' High Degree of Deference to Arbitration Process

    By Gregg Weiner, Christian Reigstad and Dielai Yang | March 15, 2019

    The Supreme Court's decision in 'Henry Schein', and the First Department's decisions in 'Daesang' and 'Spell', reaffirm that those courts will strictly enforce arbitration agreements on the front-end of the arbitration process, and afford a high degree of deference to the arbitrator's award at the back-end of the process.

  • New York Law Journal

    The Benefits of Real-Time Dispute Resolution

    By Kenneth M. Roberts | March 15, 2019

    This article examines two options using Real-Time Dispute Resolution to avoid litigation on construction projects: Dispute Review Boards and the use of mediation during the course of a project to resolve issues. Both tools allow the parties to stay focused on the project and avoid getting caught up in commercial issues.

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