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Shielding Against the Mass Arbitration Surge: Strategies to Mitigate Risk

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Mass arbitration is posing significant challenges for businesses, as it creates a new battleground in dispute resolution with the potential to overwhelm companies with a flood of simultaneous claims. Consumer-facing companies...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Mediation Is an Effective Risk Management Strategy, but Be Thorough.

An old adage states, “The worst settlement is often better than the best trial, particularly for the losing party.” This was true in a recent upstate New York case where a jury awarded damages twenty times the realistic...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Increasing Volume of Pro Se, Frequent Litigants, and Pre-Litigation Demands & Arbitration Claims in Financial Services Litigation...

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This is the first in a series of articles based on Womble Bond Dickinson’s recent 2024 Trends in Financial Services Litigation seminar. Managing consumer disputes and consumer lawsuits has always been a fact of life for...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Privacy Litigation & Mass Arbitration Demands: How to Mitigate Risks for your Business in 2024 - January 30th, 10:00 am...

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2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

The Case for a Two-Arbitrator Panel

Arbitration agreements are becoming more and more prevalent in litigation, as companies and carriers continue to mandate such provisions in their contracts. Not surprisingly, within these arbitration clauses are some specific...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sooner Is Better than Later

For our friends who litigate (or arbitrate!) in Alabama, take note of this recent Alabama Supreme Court decision. Although not a construction case, this recent decision dramatically illustrates what not to do if you want to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Complex Employment Litigation & Risk Management - August 20th, 10:00 am - 6:45 pm EDT

As industry grapples with unprecedented risk and uncertainty, in-house counsel and private practitioners are set to attend ACI’s Virtual Conference on Complex Employment Litigation & Risk Management on August 20th. There...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Affirmatively Plead Your Defenses, or Risk “Waiving” Them Goodbye

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Many litigants are familiar with the well-settled rule that an affirmative defense will be waived if it is not included in a CPLR 3211(a) motion to dismiss or in the answer (see CPLR 3211[e]).   And so, lawyers tasked with...more

Payne & Fears

Nonparty Discovery in California Arbitration: How to Get What You Want

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Opting for arbitration requires attorneys to balance efficiency and procedural protections. The implications of arbitration are something clients certainly have to carefully consider both when drafting arbitration provisions,...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Use Present Tense

You know how the joke begins: “A guy walks into a bar…” But wait, for you to know the punch line, this has to be past tense. So wouldn’t it be, “A guy walked into a bar…?” It could be. But usually it is “walks” – present...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Preparation: The Key To A Successful Arbitration Or Mediation – A Neutral’s Perspective

Without question, proper preparation, whether for an arbitration or mediation, is not just necessary – but vital to a successful resolution for your client. ARBITRATION: JUST THE FACTS - When preparing an arbitration...more

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