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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 Amy Guthrie | September 22, 2020
The decision upholds a 2018 international arbitration ruling obtained by King & Spalding in a decades-old case that found that Chevron did not have to pay a $9.5 billion damages award.
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By Krishnan Nair | September 18, 2020
Following Latin America's economic boom, lawyers say it is 'inevitable' that São Paulo becomes a popular location for international disputes.
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By Anna Zhang | September 14, 2020
The agreement follows the Singapore International Mediation Centre's own COVID-19 protocol, which launched in May and is now under consideration for an extension.
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By Jessica Seah | September 14, 2020
The "significant milestone" involves 53 signatories, including the U.S., but notably excludes the EU, Australia and the U.K.
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By Fiona Cain | August 24, 2020
The Commercial Court in London heard cases involving parties from 72 countries in the year ending in March 2020, and the London Court of International Arbitration was referred 406 cases from 138 different countries last year.
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By Anna Zhang | July 29, 2020
Rajah & Tann partner Paul Tan will join Cavenagh Law in September.
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By Amy Guthrie | July 20, 2020
The claimant seeks more than $583 million in damages for a thwarted waste management project in Santo Domingo.
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By Peter Shaw-Smith | July 15, 2020
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are quietly leading the Middle East onto a world stage led by historically dominant jurisdictions like London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong. But is the UAE ready to become the world's arbitration hub of choice?
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By Jennigay Coetzer | July 2, 2020
Across Africa, there are encouraging signs that judiciaries and lawyers are starting to overcome negative perceptions of arbitration and embrace it, backed by strong support from national courts.
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By Anna Zhang | June 30, 2020
As Hong Kong remains shrouded in uncertainty, Singapore appears to be gaining prominence as an alternative for the business world.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | May 28, 2023
We can only be thankful that this decision was not in a published, precedential opinion and cannot be cited for the logic it employed.
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By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | May 24, 2023
In most instances, functus officio prevents further action by the tribunal, meaning that the parties—to their dismay, or delight, depending on their position in the case—are stuck with the award, even when the arbitrators have acknowledged the award contained an error and would like to correct it. A recent Second Circuit decision, however, shows that this doctrine is not necessarily as limited as many may believe.
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By Judith J. Gische | May 23, 2023
A discussion of the recent decision in Matter of TCR Sports Broadcast Holding v. WN Partner, where the New York State Court of Appeals ended a nine-year battle in the New York State courts between the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles concerning their respective rights to profits and fees earned from telecasting games. Judge Judith Gische writes: "You are probably thinking—it took nine years in the courts for this matter to be resolved and while it did not fulfill arbitration's goal of expediency, at least the matter is over. Think again."
10 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | May 18, 2023
"No one really likes having a master, except a St. Bernard," said Merril Hirsh, executive director of the Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals.
7 minute read
By Paul B. Lackey, Kieran M. Corcoran and Bailey L. McGowan | May 16, 2023
The chaos of the early pandemic days continues to resonate. As a result, many judges looked for other avenues to offload their dockets—including virtual arbitration hearings.
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By Charles F. Forer | May 15, 2023
Bob's approach to arbitrators and punitive damages. Bob always encourages his clients to avoid litigation by using "well drafted" arbitration provisions in their contracts. Fearing runaway awards, Bob routinely incorporates a "no punitive damage award" provision when he drafts arbitration agreements.
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By Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and Vladyslav Rudzinskyi | May 11, 2023
Regarding one case involving how the Federal Arbitration Act, four circuits (the Second, Third, Sixth and Tenth), the Eleventh Circuit at first sided with Chapter 1 vacatur grounds apply to nondomestic awards but later changed its mind.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 8, 2023
"[B]ecause Americans interface with their financial institutions in different ways from the strictly paper era, who the 'reasonable person' is in a digital age needs to be updated," Judge Sueanna P. Johnson wrote in a concurring statement. "But this standard cannot be updated until laws are changed to reflect the evolving banking norms of Americans by restricting or prohibiting financial institutions from notifying consumers that they have updated terms and conditions in an email concerning one's monthly statement."
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By Patrick R. Kingsley | May 4, 2023
As the old saying goes, "Sometimes it is more important for some things to be decided than to be decided correctly." As the saying recognizes, the efficiency in achieving resolution is sometimes just as important as the substantive resolution itself.
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By Charles Toutant | May 4, 2023
"There are instances where physicians are being choked out because these insurance companies have such economic power. They do what they want," Epstein Becker's Anthony Argiropoulos said.
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