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By Thomas Spigolon | April 10, 2024
It's not clear what led to the recusal of U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg, while the first judge who recused himself previously practiced at the firm.
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By Alex Anteau | April 8, 2024
"Appellants would like the Court to believe this is simply an arbitration in which a party did not get all the attorney fees he wanted," the appellees wrote in their reply brief. "It is actually an extraordinary case in which an arbitrator not only slashed attorney fees dramatically but did a 180-degree reversal of his proper rulings."
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By Brian Lee | April 8, 2024
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson named Justices Doris Gonzalez and Joseph Lamendola, state Supreme Court judges in Westchester and Onondaga counties, respectively, to co-lead the expert panel of judges, court staff, lawyers, ADR practitioners and academics.
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By John M. Delehanty | April 4, 2024
The purpose of this article is to set out guidelines for counsel and their clients to prepare an informative and productive mediation statement.
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By Gregory J. Parent | April 2, 2024
Mediators can use these strategies help facilitate better outcomes for all, writes Gregory J. Parent of Miles Mediation.
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By Emily Cousins | March 29, 2024
Bridgewater argues an arbitration is not a civil action, and a petition for bill of discovery is unavailable as a matter of law. It also filed motions in Connecticut District Court to compel the claims to arbitration.
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By Rich Lee | March 29, 2024
Our conversation highlighted three very different angles—how the mindsets of litigators and parties affect a matter, how insurance companies use ADR, and how a new effort to build gender diversity is faring. We also discussed the challenges facing arbitration and the risks they bring to this critical service.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 25, 2024
"An initial scan of Section 27 reveals a series of difficult to decipher and contradictory sentences contained in a single arbitration clause," Judge Morris G. Smith said in his written opinion for the court. "The clause contains 887 words in thirty-six unbroken lines. A closer reading shows that the run-on paragraph harbors within it mutually inconsistent means for dispute resolution."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | March 25, 2024
The parties have been in litigation for nearly a decade.
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By Isaac M. Marcushamer | March 22, 2024
I was shocked to learn that not only is there a robust and growing organic system of Jewish arbitral bodies, but they provide a true alternative to the court system. Indeed, there are professional advocates in the system (they look and sound like rabbis, and in fact, many of them are) who bridge the gap between secular and Jewish law.
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