September 04, 2019 | Daily Business Review
'Daubert' Standard in Fla. Construction Litigation Requires Deft ImplementationEarlier this year, the Florida Supreme Court reinstated the Daubert standard for evaluating and admitting expert testimony, after having abandoned it in favor of the Frye standard.
By Stuart Sobel
5 minute read
November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Mediating Catastrophic Construction ClaimsStatistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.
By Stuart Sobel
6 minute read
November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Mediating Catastrophic Construction ClaimsStatistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.
By Stuart Sobel
6 minute read
November 17, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Mediating Catastrophic Construction ClaimsStatistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.
By Stuart Sobel
6 minute read
October 29, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Mediating Catastrophic Construction ClaimsStatistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.
By Stuart Sobel
6 minute read
July 03, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Vanishing Trial Experience Threatens Justice SystemAbout 99.7 percent of cases are resolved without a jury trial, and the result of this decline in cases going to trial is that today's generation of young lawyers and future judges has very little trial experience, according to attorney Stuart Sobel.
By Stuart Sobel
5 minute read
October 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Board of Contributors: Avoiding disputes altogether saves money, time, relationshipsStuart Sobel of Coral Gables-based Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel considers methods of avoiding disputes entirely so that dispute resolution becomes unnecessary.
By Stuart Sobel
5 minute read
March 21, 2011 | National Law Journal
Time to fix arbitration loopholeArbitrators should be empowered to impose meaningful sanctions on parties that fail to pay their share of expenses.
By Stuart Sobel
5 minute read
March 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lack of Sanction Power Can Undermine ArbitrationDuring the past few decades, arbitration has gained traction as an attractive alternative to court trials for resolving disputes.
By Stuart Sobel
5 minute read