Dispute Resolution

Stories and digests covering a variety of angles to ADR, whether on key issues of law or notable parties

International Edition

HSF Advised Post Office to Send 'Without Prejudice' Compensation Letters to Postmasters, Committee Hears

By Jack Womack | February 28, 2024

The controversial letters allegedly told postmasters that they could not share the details of their settlement offers to others.

4 minute read

International Edition

Asia Marks First Specialized Mediation Framework for Aviation in Singapore

By Jessica Seah | February 26, 2024

The move plays to Singapore's ambition of being the favoured dispute resolution hub in Asia.

2 minute read
International Edition

Gambling Giant Entain Bets On DLA Piper For Latest Court Battle

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | February 9, 2024

The general counsel of the target company at the centre of the dispute has also been involved in a whistleblowing claim at the Employment Tribunal.

3 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon Acquires Majority Stake in Brazilian Group Actions Business

By Jack Womack | February 5, 2024

The group actions business' founders had a role in originating the £36 billion Mariana dam disaster claim currently making its way through UK courts.

2 minute read
International Edition

Dentons' Former Saudi Head Brings Lawsuit Against Firm

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | February 1, 2024

The breach of contract claim comes a few years after the firm's associated Saudi offices were subject to an internal investigation.

2 minute read
International Edition

ESG and Class Actions to Fuel Disputes Work in 2024, Baker McKenzie Survey Finds

By Alex D'Elia | January 30, 2024

The firm's seventh annual Global Disputes Forecast is based on 600 senior legal and risk leaders from large organizations in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Brazil.

3 minute read
International Edition

Gateley Defeated in Actor Laurence Fox's Defamation Suit

By Jack Womack | January 30, 2024

The actor turned activist had been accused of racism.

3 minute read
International Edition

Clifford Chance Does Battle to Protect 'Halloumi' Trademark

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | January 19, 2024

The firm has been pursuing legal action against a Swedish company for using of the moniker 'Grilloumi'—a play on the name of the Cypriot cheese.

2 minute read
International Edition

White & Case Launches Jo'Burg Commercial Litigation Practice with Baker McKenzie Hire

By Jennigay Coetzer | January 18, 2024

The firm has been steadily growing its Africa practice, climbing the regional rankings from 21st to 16th in 2023, now counting around 83 lawyers.

2 minute read
International Edition

Postmasters' Lawyer: 'Institutionalised Self-delusion at Heart of Post Office Scandal'

By James Hartley, Freeths | January 11, 2024

'How on earth can this have happened in this country and who can be held responsible?' asks James Hartley at Freeths, the lawyer leading the charge for hundreds of postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal.

6 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

2 Sex Abuse Victims Settle Consolidated Case Against School District for $6M

By Colleen Murphy | February 29, 2024

"Many of us heard that these cases just are not worth that much money," said John Baldante of Baldante & Rubenstein. "But these Winslow Township Board of Education cases prove that these cases have more significant value than they ever had in the past. The paradigm has changed."

4 minute read
The Recorder

Couple Sentenced for Felony, Misdemeanor Charges in El Dorado Fire

By Marianna Wharry | February 13, 2024

The court also ordered the Jimenezes to pay $1,789,972 in victims' restitution.

2 minute read
The American Lawyer

Steptoe Duo, Including Ex-Puerto Rico Governor, Jumps to Reed Smith

By Amanda O'Brien | February 1, 2024

Luis Fortuño, the former governor of the U.S. territory, and global commercial disputes group partner Juliya Arbisman both have international practices.

3 minute read
International Edition

ESG and Class Actions to Fuel Disputes Work in 2024, Baker McKenzie Survey Finds

By Alex D'Elia | January 30, 2024

The firm's seventh annual Global Disputes Forecast is based on 600 senior legal and risk leaders from large organizations in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Brazil.

3 minute read
Daily Business Review

Mass Arbitration: Miami Lawyer Leads Charge for 33 Clients Alleging Fraud

By Lisa Willis | January 18, 2024

"This is not a small company. This is not an insignificant company. It is one of the major players ... in the e-commerce industry," plaintiffs counsel Nima Tahmassebi said.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

'Alternative' Dispute Resolution or Trial: Co-Equal Paths to Justice

By Jeffrey K. Anderson, Chair, Dispute Resolution Section | January 11, 2024

Jeffrey K. Anderson, chair of the Dispute Resolution Section, writes: I submit that mediation as a means of seeking justice has proven itself when compared to trial by jury as a mechanism worthy of co-equal stature. Its success, offering the unique benefit of self-determination, is not disputed.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

The Future of Federal Arbitration Act Practice After 'Badgerow'

By Suman Chakraborty | January 5, 2024

The importance of 'Badgerow' is its conclusion that a federal court faced with a petition to confirm or vacate an award under Sections 9 and 10 of the FAA could not "look through" the petition to the underlying arbitral controversy to determine grounds for federal court jurisdiction

8 minute read
New York Law Journal

Proper Preparation for Labor Law Mediations

By Michael B. Titowsky | January 4, 2024

In this Mediation column, Michael B. Titowsky of NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) explores what steps can be taken, by the lawyers, their clients and by the insurance carriers, to properly prepare for a labor law mediation.

14 minute read
Daily Business Review

11th Circuit: Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Packer's Supplier Not Preempted by Federal Law

By Mason Lawlor | December 26, 2023

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a dispute between Florida poultry producers that a class action alleging violations of the state's fraud statute is not federally preempted.

4 minute read
The American Lawyer

Dechert, Neil Gerrard '100% Responsible' for Unnecessary ENRC Work, Judge Finds

By Jack Womack | December 21, 2023

London's High Court ruled that 'ENRC is entitled to significantly more by way of damages than Dechert and the SFO have contended'.

2 minute read

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