The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin Douglass | January 11, 2019
Many closely-held business owners successfully ignore disagreements with co-owners for years or even decades. Understandably, there is always a more pressing and important business matter that merits immediate attention.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Arthur L. Pressman | January 11, 2019
In franchise disputes, lawyers and parties who search for mediators drill down on mediators' professional backgrounds, often paying the most attention to whether potential mediators have previously represented franchisors or franchisees.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Thomas B. Fiddler, Caitlin R. Danis and Eric B. Porter | January 10, 2019
Notwithstanding certain burgeoning nationalist sentiments and brewing international trade wars, ours is a global economy that depends on the rule of law to function efficiently.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph A. Macerelli | January 10, 2019
As with any process, over time, ADR has evolved to integrate various practices into alternative or hybrid options that can result in resolution. Counsel seeking optimal outcomes for their clients must understand these various options at the onset of a legal matter.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patrick R. Kingsley | January 9, 2019
On June 26, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) approved the final draft of the Convention on the Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements and its associated Model Law.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Nicole D. Galli | January 9, 2019
As a litigator for over 25 years, I have handled a number of international and other complex commercial arbitrations. In each of those, I was typically the only woman in the room—not only among counsel representing the parties (and the clients) but also the arbitrators.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert Pratter and Silvio Trentalange | January 7, 2019
Although the U.S. Supreme Court is apt to apply the century-old Federal Arbitration Act to require forced arbitration, lawyers and the courts, legislatures, and social movement campaigns are avenues employees and consumers can take to get their disputes into court.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | January 2, 2019
A judge held that a client contract entered into by Lindquist & Vennum before Ballard Spahr acquired the firm can't be enforced under Pennsylvania ethics rules.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | December 14, 2018
Bob's adversary Roger was puzzled by the arbitrator's award. “I think we got what we wanted,” Roger told his client. But Roger was not sure. Why? The award said Roger's client won. That surely was good news.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 6, 2018
U.S. District Chief Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania on Tuesday affirmed an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff Betty Frison and against Davison Design & Development.
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