Category: Government

A common question asked after our presentations on online dispute resolution (ODR) is: “when can we expect the arrival of...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. For the second time in a few months,...

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Arbitrator Lisa Munro, a partner at Lerners LLP. Lisa brings to...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. Reversing a recent trend, the Supreme Court has...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. A U.S. District Court judge, after issuing an...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. Oppenheimer has moved to vacate a massive Award...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog, here. Introduction Industry-sponsored arbitration has long been the only...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog. here. The Supreme Court on October 31 denied Certiorari in Caputo v....

A foundational principle of Arbitration is that it based on an agreement between the parties to submit their dispute for...

This article was first published on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog. here. FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics through...

Russia’s war against Ukraine affected many people and businesses, leaving a global impact. Foreign countries (States) imposed sanctions affecting the...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The Supreme Court was back in session on October...

This article was first published on the Arbitration Matters blog, here. In Pokornik v. SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc., 2022 MBKB 178,...

The term metaverse was first coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash.  In the novel,...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Houston area delivery drivers who generally did not cross...

This article was first published on the Arbitration Matters blog, here. In Tessier v 2428-8516 Québec inc., 2002 QCCS 3159, Justice...

Introduction and Unanswered Questions             Airplane cargo loaders and ramp supervisors are now able to bring a claim for overtime...

Mediate.com launched its spinoff online community Arbitrate.com on March 1, 2021, and the site has made an enormous amount of...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Just as we were putting SAA 2022-33 (Sep. 1)...

This article was first published on the Arbitration Matters blog, here. In Mundo Media Ltd. (Re), 2022 ONCA 607, Court of...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. The split Ninth Circuit Panel that had ruled a...

As all the parties to an arbitration know, choosing the seat of the arbitration is extremely important because the law...

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Gary Born, Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer...

A Colorado appellate court recently held that arbitrators do not have the inherent power to sanction an attorney personally for...

Introduction For decades, arbitration practice has been conceptualized as an alternative way to resolve cases, acting much as a court...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics...

Introduction 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (“Section 1782”) is a United States statute that allows parties to obtain discovery of documents...

Introduction As our readers know, the Supreme Court just concluded a very busy Term that included an unprecedented five arbitration-centric...

The 2021 Delos Rules of Arbitration came into effect on 1 November 2021, the first major revision since the institution was established...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Years ago I penned a blog post on Independence...