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Stories on large awards, trends in ADR, key legal disputes that spill into the courts, and big names and parties that are involved in ADR.
By Jack Womack | April 26, 2024
HFW's latest hire means that the firm has now added 30 partners across its international network since the beginning of the financial year April 2023.
2 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | April 24, 2024
After topping New York in cases in 2021, the numbers have dipped slightly over the past two years. But law firms in the region are committed to the practice.
6 minute read
By Jessica Seah | April 22, 2024
Seatrium will pay $108 million to MHWirth while separately embroiled in a $110 million corruption investigation.
2 minute read
By Pallas Partners | April 11, 2024
A general election in the UK is expected in the second half of 2024, but what would law firm partners put in their own election manifesto?
5 minute read
By Amy Guthrie | April 10, 2024
Gaela Gehring Flores will co-chair the firm's international arbitration group, based in Washington, D.C.—part of a recent migration of top-level talent with that specialty.
2 minute read
By Seema Kennedy OBE | April 3, 2024
On the Post Office litigation, funders rode to the rescue but then hijacked the spoils—we need to reform the system, says former MP Seema Kennedy.
4 minute read
By Dario Sabaghi | March 26, 2024
Construction is a $41 billion industry in the UAE, and arbitration makes up 49% of dispute cases. Both metrics are growing—requiring law firms to navigate changing government policies, fierce competition, technological advancements, and communication gaps.
6 minute read
By Jack Womack | March 11, 2024
The firm had been accused of failing to take adequate measures to establish a client's source of wealth while acting for them between 2013 and 2017.
2 minute read
By Alfred Olufemi | March 8, 2024
The inquiry will examine both the $496 million arbitral award in 2022 and the original contracts from 2004.
4 minute read
By Amy Guthrie | March 6, 2024
The dispute stemmed from the Andean nation's ban of mining in moorland ecosystems known as páramos, to the detriment of Red Eagle Exploration Limited's gold mining operation there.
4 minute read
By Rich Lee | May 8, 2024
For this month's feature, I had the pleasure of speaking with Robyn Weinstein, who has dedicated her career to the advancement and craft of conflict resolution.
10 minute read
By David N. Cinotti | May 7, 2024
"The Third Circuit clearly had appellate jurisdiction to decide the first two issues, but it did not have jurisdiction under the FAA to decide the third issue," writes David N. Cinotti of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden.
10 minute read
By Luis E. Dates and Santiago Maqueda | May 6, 2024
There is a certain trend in Argentina progressively favoring the use of alternative dispute resolution methods as a key tool to promote private initiative and developing of industry and commerce. A recent example of this trend is the "Draft of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines," which was promoted by the federal executive branch.
6 minute read
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | May 6, 2024
During a gray divorce, being amicable goes a long way. Minimizing the contentiousness in a divorce will ultimately be psychologically and financially beneficial for both parties. To that end, an alternative dispute resolution approach (ADR) may be the right one for divorcing older couples.
8 minute read
By Jose L. Linares, Mark M. Makhail, Stephanie Reed Traband and Michele McGuire Vanderstreet | May 6, 2024
It is crucial that patent licensing agreements be properly structured to ensure that the intention of the parties is clearly described and that the structure of the agreement comports with the rigid and ever-evolving laws governing these contracts.
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By Kari A. Metzger | May 6, 2024
Regardless of why the case gets referred to nonbinding arbitration, the referral adds an additional layer of preparation and expense to the litigation process. As such, it makes sense for lawyers to use this opportunity to develop the strengths and weaknesses of their case and posture it for resolution.
8 minute read
By Special to The Legal/Stradley Ronon | May 3, 2024
Lee Rosengard, a groundbreaking ADR practitioner and longtime Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner, passed away unexpectedly on April 30. He was 72.
3 minute read
By David N. Cinotti | May 1, 2024
"A judgment-debtor should reasonably expect to be haled into court to satisfy a judgment where it has assets," writes David N. Cinotti of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden.
10 minute read
By Barry Howard | April 29, 2024
All types of construction cases are often well-suited to mediation. If you do plan to mediate, prepare your client for what will happen at the mediation and make sure that your client has a realistic evaluation of the case and what his or her exposure is, beforehand.
8 minute read
By Patrick R. Kingsley | April 26, 2024
Clients have inserted arbitration provisions to avoid the expensive trappings of litigation, but their counsel sometimes tries to remake arbitration in the familiar image of litigation. Fortunately, there is a tool to keep this trend in check: the chess clock. (Pun intended)
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