From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 14: Resolving Cross-Border Conflicts Through International Arbitration
Navigating Mass Arbitration: New Rules and Strategies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Avoiding Legal Illusions - Crafting Effective Arbitration Agreements - Employment Law This Week®
Through the Lens: Advancing through adversity with a hard working and multifaceted approach - Focus on Ann Marshall
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
Business Disputes: Key Canadian Rulings of 2023
Do You Need an Arbitration Clause in Your Energy Contract? Pros and Cons
RICO Lawsuit Against Shein — RICO Report Podcast
Report from IMPACT 2023: Richard Davies on Collaborative Integrity in Business
RICO and Foreign Arbitration Enforcement - RICO Report Podcast
California Employment News: The State of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in California Employment
The New Playbook for Depositions - Speaking of Litigation Podcast
3 Key Takeaways | Successful Arbitration of International Construction Disputes
Clearing the Pandemic Backlog with Special Judges | Judge John Wooldridge | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
6 Key Takeaways | Presenting Damages in International Arbitration
Identifying and Quantifying Government Contract Claims
Podcast - Finding the Balance
Podcast - A Tortured Journey with the Lying Witness
Podcast - The Four Horsemen of the Lying Witness Apocalypse
Gov’t Emps. Ins. Co. v. Mount Prospect Chiropractic Ctr., P.A., 98 F.4th 463 (3d Cir. 2024) - The court found that nothing in the text or legislative history of New Jersey’s Insurance Fraud Prevent Act (IFPA) explicitly or...more
This session of the Private Client West Cost Forum 2024 discussed best avenues for family offices and their advisors to consider when managing a complex post-death administration, including steps to address and anticipate...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation on further temporary changes to handling rules for motor finance complaints. The FCA explains that following the Court of Appeal's recent judgment on motor...more
This session of the Private Client West Cost Forum 2024 explored the current state of audits and tax controversy and shared practical advice to prepare for challenges ahead of a contest with the IRS or Franchise Tax Board...more
As the dust settles from the elections in Mexico, a new set of political decisions that have transpired in constitutional amendments pose new and major challenges for local and foreign investors with current or future...more
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ 2024 annual report reveals—yet again—the lowest number of docketed appeals in 40 years. Where have the contractor appeals gone? Contractors filed fewer appeals with the Board...more
TikTok is unquestionably a modern phenomenon that features dancing, pranks, challenges, and unites the world with cat and dog videos. In the employment arena, it has also introduced the world to the ideas of “Quiet Quitting,”...more
California is famously inhospitable to arbitration. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down California laws disfavoring arbitration on no fewer than six occasions between 1987 and 2022....more
In a recent judgment, the Singapore Court of Appeal had to decide whether a party could submit to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal to determine an interim application, while at the same time maintaining its...more
Welcome to our 11th issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In this edition, we cover a wide variety of topics of interest for those in the construction industry—from a deep dive...more
The English Court of Appeal has clarified the position regarding the interaction between the UK’s State Immunity Act 1978 (the SIA) and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966 (the “1966 Act”) (which...more
Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision finding a delegation clause in an arbitration agreement to be both procedurally and substantively unconscionable and, moreover, that...more
In Aroma Franchise Company, Inc. v Aroma Espresso Bar Canada Inc., 2024 ONCA 839, the Court of Appeal for Ontario confirmed that arbitrator disclosures and arbitrator disqualification under Article 12(1) of the UNCITRAL Model...more
WHAT ARE DETERMINATIONS COMMITTEES AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Credit derivative Determination Committees (DCs) are specialised regional panels which have been established to make binding decisions on issues related to...more
The Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court) recently issued its ruling in Aroma Franchise Company, Inc. v. Aroma Espresso Bar Canada Inc. (Aroma). The decision clarifies the law governing an arbitrator’s duty to disclose...more
Mediation is a voluntary process where parties jointly select a neutral third-party facilitator to help reach settlement agreements for all or some of the issues in their divorce proceeding. The mediator is a private party...more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its 2024 Bid Protest Annual Report (Report), providing statistics on protests, cost claims, and requests for reconsideration at GAO this year. In this blog,...more
In Rodriguez v. Lawrence Equipment, Inc., Case No. B325261 (Nov. 8, 2024), the California Court of Appeal held that an employee who loses their Labor Code claims in an individual arbitration no longer has standing to pursue a...more
On November 14, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid...more
Breaking up is hard to do, as the old song says, and perhaps especially so in the case of partnership breakups and business disputes. Emotion and pride can easily cloud sound business judgment and make it difficult to reach a...more
In recent months, various federal district and circuit courts have considered the enforceability of language in employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans requiring that participants arbitrate their claims for breach of...more
On October 30, 2024, in Alternative Global One, LLC v. Feingold, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s orders denying a New Jersey litigant’s motion to quash a subpoena for his deposition in underlying...more
Last week we were lucky enough to attend the Institute of Energy Law’s 23rd Annual Energy Litigation Conference in Houston, TX, and hear its unique collection of industry professionals exchange insights and address some of...more
An Idaho court has confirmed an arbitration award for a general contractor who left a project and did not return after being told by the owner to “get the f*** off my site.” The case involves the construction of five...more
Is a limited liability company a party to and bound by its own operating agreement? Many folks would say, “Yes, of course.” But it turns out the answer varies depending upon the law of the company’s state of...more