New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Angela Turturro | October 12, 2018
Arbitration columnists Samuel Estreicher and Holly H. Weiss write: In light of 'Epic Systems', the question whether the court or arbitrator decides that an arbitration agreement authorizes a classwide proceeding when the agreement is silent on the issue has taken on enhanced significance. A recent decision in the Eleventh Circuit addresses this question.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Grant Hanessian and Derek Soller | October 11, 2018
The First Department's decision in 'Daesang' should put to rest any suggestion in the lower court's decision that New York courts will not respect the good-faith factual and legal determinations of arbitrators.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Candice L. Komar | October 11, 2018
What if couples similarly planned how to go their separate ways? It's not commonplace for quarreling spouses to put painful feelings aside and work as a team. However, collaborative divorce shows that spouses (and their children) can immensely benefit from jointly making decisions impacting the future of the family, even when the future entails separate households.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Chaya Weinberg-Brodt | October 9, 2018
New York has positioned itself as an attractive forum for resolution of international commercial disputes, with flexible rules permitting contracting parties to agree to procedures specific to their needs. That choice works best for parties who take the necessary time in advance to negotiate not only choice of forum, but also the procedural mechanisms of their choice.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 8, 2018
Founding partner Deborah Hankinson, a former justice on the Texas Supreme Court, and four other lawyers at the firm have gone their separate ways.
By Katheryn Tucker | October 4, 2018
Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan weighed in to say a class action attorney may lack standing to challenge the lead plaintiff's standing.
By John Kang | October 4, 2018
Earlier this year, the Sydney-based litigation funding firm also recruited Cheng Yee Khong, a former director of the ICC International Court of Arbitration's Asia office in Hong Kong.
By Ross Todd | October 3, 2018
Lawyers for a former non-equity shareholder at the national employment law firm claim that she never agreed to arbitrate disputes with the firm. Ogletree's lawyers say that as a "seasoned employment attorney," the plaintiff can't credibly argue that she did not understand the agreement or how to opt out of it.
By John Council | October 2, 2018
Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals has reversed a decision denying arbitration to a lawyer in a lawsuit brought by two ex-clients who allege the attorney…
By Michael Booth | October 2, 2018
A three-judge Appellate Division panel in April overturned two lower court rulings that said the customers could be compelled to arbitrate their disputes.
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