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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.” In Authentication is key to direct and cross-examination (thedailyrecord.com) (Aug.

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The American Arbitration Association Selects Optima Juris as Exclusive Partner for Hearing & Deposition Services

Optima Juris

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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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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California's Secondary Evidence Rule: Helpful, Yes. But Not an End Run.

Evidence at Trial

California's secondary evidence rule (Cal. Code §§ 1521 - 1523) provides a commonsense approach that begins with a simple general rule: "The content of a writing may be proved by otherwise admissible secondary evidence." Even simpler, the secondary evidence rule cannot be used as an end-run around the rules of evidence.