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Arbitration Conversation No. 100: Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Virginia author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 100: Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Virginia

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, who has represented Virginia’s third congressional...

By Robert Scott, Amy Schmitz
Metaverse and Digital Identity author.

Metaverse and Digital Identity

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

By Ken Korea
2023: The Year of OArb author.

2023: The Year of OArb

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

By Amy Schmitz, Colin Rule
Musings of Metaverse Arbitration author.

Musings of Metaverse Arbitration

What is the internet’s current favorite buzzword? Metaverse. In simple terms, the metaverse is an interactive three-dimensional virtual world. The...

By Brittany Munn, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Conversation No. 99: Chris Poole, CEO of JAMS author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 99: Chris Poole, CEO of JAMS

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Chris Poole Chief Executive Officer of JAMS, the largest provider of...

By Chris Poole, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Conversation No. 98: Arbitrator Gary Benton author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 98: Arbitrator Gary Benton

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Gary Benton, an internationally recognized Arbitrator and Mediator with expertise in...

By Gary L. Benton, Amy Schmitz
Resolving Investor-State Disputes following Russia’s War in Ukraine: Investment Arbitration Will Lead the Way author.

Resolving Investor-State Disputes following Russia’s War in Ukraine: Investment Arbitration Will Lead the Way

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

By Brittany Munn
Looking Back at the First 18 Months of Arbitrate.com author.

Looking Back at the First 18 Months of Arbitrate.com

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

By Indraneel Gunjal, Colin Rule
More on Amended AAA Commercial Rules author.

More on Amended AAA Commercial Rules

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

By George Friedman
Why You Should Consider California as the Seat for Your Arbitration author.

Why You Should Consider California as the Seat for Your Arbitration

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

By Colin Rule, Indraneel Gunjal
Arbitration Conversation No. 83: Gary Born, Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group, Wilmer Hale author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 83: Gary Born, Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group, Wilmer Hale

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

By Gary Born, Amy Schmitz
Canada – Court Partially Stays Class Action Related to Videogame “Loot Boxes” author.

Canada – Court Partially Stays Class Action Related to Videogame “Loot Boxes”

This article was first published on the Arbitration Matters blog, here. In Petty v Niantic Inc., 2022 BCSC 1077, Justice Mayer...

By James Plotkin
Compliance Reinforcement Mechanism in 2021 Delos Rules of Arbitration: Continuing a Tradition of Bold Innovation author.

Compliance Reinforcement Mechanism in 2021 Delos Rules of Arbitration: Continuing a Tradition of Bold Innovation

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

By Marco de Sousa
Top Tips for Attorneys Representing Clients in Arbitrations author.

Top Tips for Attorneys Representing Clients in Arbitrations

This article was first published on the JAMS ADR Blog here. Planning and preparation are key components for any successful...

By Harold Himmelman
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 25 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 25

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about making online arbitration...

By Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 24 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 24

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about when an online...

By Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 23 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 23

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about advice for attorneys...

By Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 22 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 22

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about building rapport with...

By Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 21 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 21

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about making online arbitration...

By Olof Heggemann, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Conversation No. 70: Catherine Rogers, Founder, Arbitrator Intelligence author.

Arbitration Conversation No. 70: Catherine Rogers, Founder, Arbitrator Intelligence

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Catherine A. Rogers, a scholar of international arbitration and professional ethics...

By Catherine Rogers, Amy Schmitz
Practicalities of Privacy and Secrecy in Arbitration author.

Practicalities of Privacy and Secrecy in Arbitration

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in arbitration. The problem is that the...

By Amy Schmitz
Dispute on Arbitrability Needs an Arbitrator author.

Dispute on Arbitrability Needs an Arbitrator

This article first appeared on McDermott Will & Emery’s IP Update, here. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal...

By Ralph E. Gaskins
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 20 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 20

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the growing interest...

By Imre Szalai, Steven Shapiro, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 19 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 19

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the biggest pitfalls...

By Steven Shapiro, Imre Szalai, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Coversation No. 66: Independent Arbitrator Sophie Nappert author.

Arbitration Coversation No. 66: Independent Arbitrator Sophie Nappert

In this episode of the Arbitration Conversation, Amy interviews Sophie Nappert, an arbitrator in independent practice who is based in...

By Sophie Nappert, Amy Schmitz
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 18 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 18

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about advice for attorneys...

By Erin Archerd, Steven Shapiro, Imre Szalai, Amy Schmitz
Diversity Checklist For International Arbitration (Part Three) author.

Diversity Checklist For International Arbitration (Part Three)

This article was first published on the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Arbitration Blog, here. This three-part blog provides a diversity...

By Hanna Roos
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 17 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 17

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about the indicators would-be...

By Imre Szalai, Steven Shapiro, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz
Diversity Checklist For International Arbitration (Part Two) author.

Diversity Checklist For International Arbitration (Part Two)

This article was first published on the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Arbitration Blog, here. This three-part blog provides a diversity...

By Hanna Roos
Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 16 author.

Arbitration Tips-N-Tools (TNT): Round 16

In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about advice for teachers...

By Steven Shapiro, Imre Szalai, Erin Archerd, Amy Schmitz

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