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

WA Bar News

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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Authentication Article by Paul Mark Sandler

E-Discovery LLC

22, 2024), my friend Paul Sandler wrote: “It can be said that direct and cross-examination are the central features of the trial, and essential to examinations are the exhibits sought to be introduced in evidence.” 26(f) conference and “ESI Protocol” or discovery plan. See “ESI Protocol” v.

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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

.” These human editors manually reviewed and tagged the past 12 years of caselaw, published cases and certain older cases, covering eight topics (commercial law, federal civil procedure, federal discovery and evidence, federal remedies, federal class actions, employment, securities and antitrust).

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Mediation vs. Arbitration vs. Litigation: What’s the Difference Between Them?

CaseFox

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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Mediation vs. Arbitration vs. Litigation: What’s the Difference Between Them?

CaseFox

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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Conflicts Arising From Sanctions Motions: An Analytical Framework

WA Bar News

7 CR 37, in turn, addresses sanctions for a broad spectrum of discovery misconduct ranging from incomplete answers to discovery requests to the failure to comply with discovery orders. Despite this conflict, … [the lawyer] … did not advise Angelo of the conflict or withdraw from representing him in the arbitration.

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Decoding Justice: Key Differences Between Civil and Criminal Litigation

CaseFox

Discovery is the process by which parties exchange information and evidence. The Burden of Proof : This refers to the responsibility that the plaintiff (the party bringing the case) must demonstrate sufficient evidence of their claims. Higher courts will hear the appeal to review legal errors or assess new evidence.