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Don't Ignore the Benefits of Joint Sessions in Mediation
The joint session is the only phase of the mediation in which the parties meet face to face and present their respective positions. In fact, this event may be the only time prior to trial when the parties have an opportunity to meet and address each other in person, rather than being walled off from each other through the thicket of litigation filings.
Decision of the Day: COVID-19 Delays Not An Excuse to Violate Constitutional Rights, Court Finds
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
Five Indicators Mediation Is at a Tipping Point
More and more, countries, courts and states are turning to mediation to solve more complex disputes due to its collaborative, cost-effective, and confidential process. It allows all parties greater control over the outcome and greater speed to resolution. Mediation is proven to help courts decrease case backlogs and help businesses resolve legal disputes quickly and efficiently.
Debate Over Arbitration Reflects Gamesmanship That Draws Parties to ADR
Lawyers, litigants, witnesses and court officials slogging through depositions and motions in a case that an appeals court may eventually determine should always have been before an arbitrator—as directed by a contract between the parties—does sound like a huge waste of everyone's time and money.
Ruling Against Company That Called a Lawsuit 'Without Merit' Could Sideline Widely Used Phrase
Massachusetts federal Judge William Young held software company Pegasystems accountable for pooh-poohing a theft-of-trade-secrets lawsuit that actually had legitimacy.
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Allied World Surplus Sues Georgia Cryoservices in Effort to Defend It in Semen Suit
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
Willkie's Growth in DC Highlights Transition to Go Beyond a 'DC Outpost of Wall Street Firm'
The New York law firm's office growth underscores the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from a smaller outpost in D.C. to one with litigation, corporate and regulatory capabilities.
Arguing Class Actions: In Defense of Statutory Damages
"Adopting more laws nationwide that provide for statutory damages can refine the issues, eliminate a large portion of cost-prohibitive expert discovery, and provide for a mechanism that decides merits-based issues in a far more cost-effective way," says DiCello Levitt founding partner Adam J. Levitt.
Countercyclical Work Elevates Most of Legal Industry in Q2
Overall demand at midsize firms was up 3.7%, while Am Law 100 (0.3%) and Second Hundred (0.2%) firms are still below 1%.
Can AI Help Law Firms Solve the Boom-Bust Hiring Cycle?
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