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Discretionary Stay of Discovery Pending Decision on Dispositive Motion

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Defendants moved to stay all discovery deadlines pending a resolution of their motion to compel arbitration and for a stay pending arbitration. The motion to stay discovery was granted. Defendants answered and moved to stay, asserting that there was an arbitration clause in their franchise agreement.

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Washington’s New Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act: Explanation, Application, and Aspiration

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BY CHERYLL RUSSELL, JACQUELINE JESKE, AND CHRISTOPHER FOX Washington’s Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (UFLAA) provides a framework for the use of arbitration in resolving family law disputes in Washington state. The parties may, however, waive some or all of the arbitrator qualifications and criteria.

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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3

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In addition to triggering a range of human emotions, this uncomfortable discovery may also raise a duty to correct under the Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically RPC 3.3(a)(1): 9 Here, however, well focus on the ethics rule. m) to include administrative hearings and arbitrations. 10 Comment 1 to RPC 3.3,