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
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
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
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
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
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."
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.
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.
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.
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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