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By Leslie A. Firtell | June 6, 2024
To deliver real value to your organization, the contract attorneys and other legal professionals you bring into the fold should embrace your organization's culture and supply the knowledge and expertise you need.
5 minute read
By Charles Toutant | June 3, 2024
Jersey Mike's said in its suit that two of the defendants had together filed frivolous claims in at least 15 cases arising from their use of various company websites, and that those claims generally ended in "nuisance value settlements."
5 minute read
By Jimmy Hoover | May 31, 2024
The justices have placed a new emphasis on the text of the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act and treat it like other federal statutes instead of deferring to policy arguments favoring arbitration.
9 minute read
By Rhys Dipshan | May 30, 2024
The acquisition will enable ODR.com's parent company to tap into the AAA's resources to build more advanced AI-powered ADR solutions, and allow the AAA to rapidly expand its services and footprint.
5 minute read
By Cheryl Miller | May 29, 2024
In an outlier opinion, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Five held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law requiring companies to pay their arbitration bills on time or risk having claims against them tossed into court.
5 minute read
By Douglas Wilde | May 28, 2024
Coming to mediation with a realistic evaluation of both liability and damages and a well-prepared client, whether the plaintiff or insurance adjuster, is the best way to prepare to mediate your premises liability case, a mediator writes.
5 minute read
By Myrna Barakat Friedman | May 28, 2024
In this article, Myrna Barakat Friedman identifies various forms of potential conflicts and a roadmap that executives, risk managers and counsel can consider to mitigate the risk of disagreements becoming expensive and burdensome disputes with financial, reputational and legal ramifications.
9 minute read
By Robert A. Schwinger | May 24, 2024
Legal developments concerning blockchain and digital assets are not limited to the English-speaking world or to common-law jurisdictions. Earlier this year brought some thought-provoking developments on digital assets and related technologies from Spanish-speaking civil law jurisdictions.
19 minute read
By Craig R. Tractenberg | May 23, 2024
As a statutory interpretation case, the court examined the text, structure, and purpose of the FAA. The only conclusion which could be drawn is that "when a federal court finds that a dispute is subject to arbitration, and a party has requested a stay of the court proceeding pending arbitration, the court does not have discretion to dismiss the suit on the basis that all the claims are subject to arbitration."
6 minute read
By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | May 22, 2024
This articles discusses the continued vitality of the party-appointed arbitrator function and how it is treated by international arbitration users and their counsel in the face of guidelines and rules that have an impact on it.
10 minute read
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