In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Ashley Rafael, General Counsel, Midway Moving & Storage, Inc. Ashley is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, serving on its Commercial, UM/UI, and Consumer Panels.
Ashley is also an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Chicago Law School teaching Arbitration Advocacy and coaching students for arbitration/trial teams for national competition. She is a chair arbitrator for Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program and the Commercial Calendar Mandatory Arbitration Program for the Law Division.
In 1925, the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) was enacted to ensure the validity and enforcement of arbitration agreements due to a national policy favoring arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism....
By Brittany MunnThis article first appeared on Urbas Arbtiral here. In CUSO International v. Pan American Development Foundation, 2021 ONSC 3101, Mr. Justice Calum MacLeod relied on forum non conveniens principles to resolve an application...
By Daniel UrbasThis article first appeared on Miller Canfield webpage, here. Can a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement compel international arbitration under the doctrine of equitable estoppel? Last year, in GE Energy Power...
By Frederick A. Acomb, Ahmad Chehab
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