Law Sites

JULY 11, 2024

The American Arbitration Association today announced the launch of a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) designed to enable parties with multiple arbitration cases to streamline their case administration. The APIs will allow parties to send and receive documents, file new cases, and track case-related activities.

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Legal Dive

AUGUST 26, 2024

The 8th Circuit’s ruling that a sexual assault claim must go to court sheds light on how the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act has shaken up arbitration law.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of California that compelled arbitration and dismissed Rohm Semiconductor USA’s declaratory judgment action without prejudice, holding that an arbitrator must determine arbitrability. In 2007, Rohm Japan and MaxPower Semiconductor entered into a technology licensing agreement (TLA).

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 16, 2025

10, 2025), the issue was whether an electronic discovery services vendor, DFC, could compel its former client to arbitrate a breach of contract claim. The Supreme Court of Alabama held that arbitration was compelled. Plaintiffs argued that the arbitration clause was fraudulently induced and unenforceable. Plaintiffs sued DFC.

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Planet Depos

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Arbitration is a method of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). However, both parties must agree to arbitrate rather than going to trial. The arbitration is resolved by one or more impartial arbitrators. Both parties agree the arbitrators decision will be final and legally binding.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange …

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CaseFox

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This blog explores different alternative dispute resolution processes and methods, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation. There are a few different types of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Arbitration Arbitration is more like a quasi-legal process.

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Law Sites

MARCH 14, 2024

This year’s keynote speaker is Bridget Mary McCormack , former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and now president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association. Check out my recent LawNext interview with her.)

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CaseFox

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This blog explores different alternative dispute resolution processes and methods, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation. There are a few different types of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Arbitration Arbitration is more like a quasi-legal process.

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Optima Juris

MAY 31, 2024

We are excited to announce that Optima Juris has been chosen as official service partner by the prestigious American Arbitration Association-International Center for Dispute Resolution® (AAA-ICDR®). For attorneys and arbitrators, it’s a game-changer, improving the clarity and impact of your case presentation.

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Legal Dive

AUGUST 6, 2024

The case is among the first to apply the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which took effect in 2022.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued an order denying MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc.’s s appeal and Petition for Writ of Mandamus with respect to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) decisions to institute ROHM Semiconductor USA, Inc.'s s petitions for four inter partes review (IPR) proceedings of MaxPower patents.

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Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B

AUGUST 10, 2024

The firm was successful at all levels: Defeated a summary judgment motion; Proved Commercial Code damages; Prevailed at a binding arbitration; and Recovered 100 percent of the client’s attorney’s fees and costs. Million Binding Arbitration Award and Receives Check For $18,381,726.51 – 100% Of The Award first appeared on Klein & Wilson.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 27, 2024

Greg Lindberg, the North Carolina insurance and business executive now awaiting sentencing on a bribery conviction, can’t escape a $524 million arbitration and civil judgment against him, a federal appeals court decided this week. Also this week, the state Supreme …

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Legal IT Insider

JULY 1, 2024

In May, the American Arbitration Association acquired ODR.com, a SAAS case management services company for dispute resolution. We […] The post The American Arbitration Association: Strategy and Acquisitions appeared first on Legal IT Insider. This was the AAA’s first acquisition, but it won’t be it’s last.

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Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Choe’s arrival adds significant depth to the firm’s experience and capabilities in Securities and Exchange Commission matters, and further strengthens the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration group. Source: SEC Chief Litigation Counsel Olivia Choe Joins Milbank’s Litigation & Arbitration Group

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Practice of Law

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Motion to Compel Arbitration Disney argues for arbitration because consumers agree to it in Disney's terms and conditions, specifically: “You subscribed to Disney Plus.” The subscription to the streaming service contains a clause stating that disputes are to be resolved by arbitration, not in court.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Miles Mediation & Arbitration understands the need for cost certainty in alternative dispute resolution. Marcie Dickson, former CMBDO, Miles Mediation & Arbitration (Atlanta). “At Offering cost certainty without compromising on the quality of service provides clients with confidence in their hiring decision.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issues guidance clarifying the use of applicant admitted prior art in IPR proceedings at the PTAB; the EUIPO issues an IP Youth Scorecard showing that young people in the EU have significantly increased their intentional purchase of counterfeit products; the Seventh Circuit affirms a (..)

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 23, 2024

“Unfriending” Evidence – Maryland Follows “Reasonable Juror” Standard in Authentication of Social Media Authentication of Asbestos-Containing Chalk Purchased on eBay – Exemplar Evidence The “Silent Witness” Theory of Authentication of Video Evidence Authentication of ESI on Motion Compelling Arbitration Despite Factual Dispute Authentication of a Disputed (..)

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

By the year’s end, Westlaw Precision will add arbitration, insurance and real estate to its coverage and another dozen areas of law will be added in 2023. What’s Next for Westlaw Precision. At launch time, Westlaw Precision covers 12 years of cases and eight practice areas/topics.

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Practice of Law

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You can agree to arbitrate a contract dispute to have it remain private. Unlike lawsuits in court, arbitration can remain private. Further, sometimes court involvement is necessary even in arbitration (for example, by needing a court to enforce an award). What could Swift do?

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 17, 2025

PFAS settlements remain the biggest money source but privacy and DEI cases are rising and the arbitration defense is eroding, a Duane Morris analysis shows.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

He also handles a range of cross-border business disputes and often serves as an arbitrator. In addition to being the chairman of Arnall Golden Gregory, his law practice involves representing companies in government investigations and federal False Claims Act cases. What does Hendrix believe attorneys need to be at the top of their field?

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But in a post script to the ruling, Lord Justice Arnold said both Apple’s appeal and Optis’s cross-appeal “illustrate yet again the dysfunctional state of the current system for determining SEP/FRAND disputes” and that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and other standards development organizaitons (SDOs) should “make legally-enforceable (..)

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Optima Juris

APRIL 5, 2023

Here’s a quick overview of everything you need to know before planning your deposition or arbitration in Ireland. Once all are connected, the Assistant turns over the hosting authority to the arbitrator or panel chair. The Host will be present for the entire hearing to assist the arbitrator and parties as needed.

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Evidence at Trial

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Crown move to compel arbitration, and it relied on an employee declaration from Ms. Chambers received an arbitration agreement when she opened her credit card (and again when she received a replacement card a few years later), and (2) the agreement allowed Ms. Chambers opposed Crown's motion to compel arbitration on the ground that ".

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Securities Docket

JULY 9, 2024

Mr. Sterling will guide the growth of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration and Derivatives practice areas, as well as strengthen the White Collar Defense & Investigations practice. His practice will focus on regulatory and enforcement matters relating to derivatives, financial market infrastructure and cryptocurrency issues.

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Practice of Law

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Beyond the potential for traffic accidents, there's an even more insidious risk: the arbitration clauses buried in the rideshare app's Terms of Use. Their story reveals how a simple click-through agreement can have far-reaching consequences, leaving you to navigate a complex and often unfriendly arbitration process.

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Securities Docket

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Grewal will work out of Milbank’s New York office as a partner in the litigation and arbitration practice, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the plans haven’t been made public.

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Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

District Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix upheld a divided arbitration panel’s November 2023 award in Nikola’s favor. judge said Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder who was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of fraud, must pay the electric truck maker $167.7 In a decision on Monday, U.S.

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WA Bar News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

4, 2022) (unpublished), for example, a party opponent in an arbitration sought sanctions against a lawyer’s client for improperly withholding material information and the arbitrator imposed sanctions solely against the client. Kindinger , No. 82388-4-I, 2022 WL 1008314 (Wash. 15 Lawyer Alone. 905, 271 P.3d

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Securities Docket

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2007, NASD “consolidated with the member regulation, enforcement, and arbitration functions of the NYSE.” The history of FINRA’s name is fascinating (if you’re in the securities business—and something of a nerd)… Fast forward several decades.

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Legally Speaking

MAY 28, 2023

You can catch Rob and Akima Paul Lambert talking about: What led her to choose commercial litigation and arbitration? Akima’s advice to aspiring junior lawyers who want a career in litigation and arbitration and aim to reach the top despite facing challenges. What is Creating Pathways and what inspired her to co-found it?

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Destination Articles Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) provides the legal basis for enforcing arbitration agreements and awards, indirectly supporting the broader ADR agenda, including mediation. This contrasts sharply with arbitration, where the arbitrator acts similarly to a judge, making decisions that can be binding. is crucial.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve had cases ranging from emotional threats levied during arbitrations to hostile divorces involving menacing spouses. . Our team has assisted law firms and litigants in numerous situations over the years as a result of this dynamic. And these situations vary considerably.

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SW&L Attorneys Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Winding Up Business Affairs Section 10-32.1-51(2)

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