In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about drafting Stepped Processes in an Online Environment, especially in a digital world and faced with the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Round 7: What are your 3 top tips and/or tools with respect to drafting Stepped Processes in an Online Environment – especially in the digital era and complexities of Covid?
Step 1 – Before determining any processes in a two–step mediation and arbitration (med-arb) start with contemplating whether it is a good idea for you as the ADR professional to assume the role of mediator and then as arbitrator. Think carefully about the inherent drawbacks. For a more detailed analysis of this issue, see here.
Stay tuned for more Arbitration TNT by Prof. Amy Schmitz coming your way next week…..
There has been a great deal of discussion lately about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in arbitration. The problem is that the discussion often includes misperceptions regarding the “secrecy” of arbitration. In...
By Amy SchmitzThis article was first published in the Arbitration Matters Blog, here. This past year brought two important decisions about the interrelationship between arbitration and insolvency proceedings: the Supreme Court’s decision...
By Eric Morgan, James PlotkinIn this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Prof. Dave Larson of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law about digital accessibility in mediation, arbitration, and online dispute resolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEyWsL-3zcU
By David Larson, Amy Schmitz