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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 Andrew Denney | April 27, 2018
New York state court system officials are pushing forward with an effort to increase the use of alternative dispute resolution in the courts, which they say is an underused method of helping to move cases more quickly through the pipeline.
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By Ross Todd | April 26, 2018
The Second District Court of Appeal sided with Baker Marquart in nixing a $100,000-plus arbitration award over a contingency fee dispute with a former client.
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By Philip Kirchner | April 26, 2018
It might depend upon which court you ask. New Jersey's state courts, in many cases, appear to have applied a more stringent standard of review than their federal counterparts.
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By Harry N. Mazadoorian | April 24, 2018
Finding more effective ways to address and resolve medical malpractice claims has dogged the legal and medical community for decades.
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By Greg Land | April 19, 2018
The complaint alleged that the firm caused a onetime employee of the widow of late Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizuega to lose tens of millions of dollars in gifts and bequests from Olga Goizuega and cost her millions more in tax judgments and fines.
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By Ross Todd | April 19, 2018
Elliot Peters of Keker, Van Nest & Peters says "100 percent" of him wished he could take the doping case to trial, but that the $5 million settlement Armstrong reached "puts litigation out of his life."
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By Charles F. Forer | April 16, 2018
Having started on the arbitrator-disqualification road and having started the process of (unintentionally) aggravating the arbitrator, Bob concluded he now had no practical choice. He had to go to court to seek to disqualify the arbitrator.
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By Steven J. Gold | April 16, 2018
While there are many worthwhile charitable causes for which lawyers across Georgia are engaged, this one in particular is a high-profile, professionwide effort sponsored by the Attorney General's Office and the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 13, 2018
Lawyers have asked a federal judge to halt consumer class actions against sports betting sites DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. while they hash out a possible settlement.
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By Abby Tolchinsky and Ellie Wertheim | April 10, 2018
Impressed by Judge Dan Polster's commitment to the mediation process and what are clearly exceptional skills, Mediation columnists Abby Tolchinsky and Ellie Wertheim had the opportunity to speak with the judge about his theory and process. While all mediators help parties come to autonomous resolutions, his unique methodology entails employing the gravitas of the robe.
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