Disclosure Obligations And Repeat Players – What’s An Arbitrator To Do?
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a JAMS arbitrator had an obligation to disclose his ownership interest in JAMS, a privately owned mediation and arbitration provider…..
Court Says Parties Risk Waiver by Delaying Arbitration: Fish or Cut Bait
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A case decided yesterday in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, illustrates the risk of delaying a demand for arbitration. Stevens v. Cappadora (Docket No. A-1717-18T1) involved a dispute arising from a joint venture…
AAA’s Eric Tuchmann Offers Arbitration Update to Garibaldi Inn of Court
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The American Arbitration Association’s Senior V.P. and General Counsel, Eric Tuchmann, addressed the October 10 meeting of the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for ADR. The Inn was founded…
Arbitration Agreement May Be Incorporated Into Another Contract
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Contracting parties should carefully consider arbitration as their preferred method of dispute resolution when drafting their agreements. A potential trap for the unwary may exist when the reach of one contract’s dispute resolution provision extends to another contract that is silent on the matter.
AHLA Offers Enhanced ADR Training Opportunities
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For many years, the American Health Lawyers Association (“AHLA”) Alternative Dispute Resolution Service has offered basic (one day) training courses in arbitration and mediation. I just heard from Geoff…
Should Mandatory Arbitration Be Regulated?
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“Mandatory arbitration” provisions have come under harsh criticism in recent years. (Since all pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate are “mandatory,” it would be more precise to state that pre-dispute arbitration…