Through the Lens: Advancing through adversity with a hard working and multifaceted approach - Focus on Ann Marshall
What's the Tea in L&E? When Employees Refuse to Play Nicely in the Sandbox: Does it Call for a Mediator?
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 2: Labor Dispute Mediations with Drew Rogers, Senior Federal Mediator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Part 2
5 Key Takeaways | The Lawyer’s Obligations to Ethical Conduct and Professionalism in Negotiations and Mediations
An Uncompromising Insurer: What is a Policyholder to Do?
Clearing the Pandemic Backlog with Special Judges | Judge John Wooldridge | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Sending Up the Mediation Smoke Signal: Tools that Policyholders Have Available to Settle A Claim With A Recalcitrant Insurer
Identifying and Quantifying Government Contract Claims
Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and Morghan Richardson Discuss Trends in Divorce and Custody
DE Under 3: EEOC Studies Showing Online Mediation Preferred; Transgender Title VII Protections; May 2022 Employment Situation
3 Key Takeaways | Drafting & Navigating Dispute Resolution Clauses
Let's Talk Mediation, Arbitration, and Conciliation
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 4 - How to Seal the Deal
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 3 – Breaking the Log Jam
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 2 – What Goes on in Mediation?
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 1 – Preparing For The Mediation
Episode 3.23: Rebecca Bratter of Greenspoon Marder on Life, Career, and Impacting the Community
What Will Happen at My Mediation?
VIRTUAL ADR UPDATE – TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND UNIQUE ISSUES PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN P. DIBLASI
Eric Jesse addresses the unfortunately common experience during mediation of when an insurer balks at settlement resolutions: should a policyholder walk away, “pay and chase,” offer the right to receive insurance proceeds, or...more
Raising an allegation that a party has not participated in the mediation process in good faith has historically been a sensitive hot-button issue for mediators, parties, and even the courts. In fact, even on occasions where...more
For domain name disputes, applying to WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for arbitration is a way that many foreign right holders are willing to choose because of its fast speed and low cost. If the respondent is a Chinese...more
Mediation can be a viable way to reach a satisfactory settlement on an insurance dispute. When successful, mediation offers a less costly and time-consuming alternative to litigation and often allows for more candor and...more
Insurance policies often contain “limitation-of-action” or suit limitation provisions, which contractually reduce the statute of limitations for an insured to assert a claim against an insurer. Depending on the state, such...more
Florida House Bill 301—approved by the Florida Legislature in the 2019 Regular Session and signed by the Governor—addressed a number of different issues relating to insurance in Florida. This article discusses four of those...more
The background of this case is as follows. In 2014, ContraVest Inc., ContraVest Construction Co., and Plantation Point Horizontal Property Regime Owners Association Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought suit in South...more
Judge William Alslup of the Northern District of California recently awarded fees to CloudFlare, Inc. (CloudFlare), a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation case under, in part, the relatively new Defend Trade Secrets...more
In a breach of contract and bad faith case emanating from an insurer’s refusal to settle an underlying case within policy limits, the insurer was unsuccessful in its attempt to protect documents from discovery by assertion of...more
Thousands of homes and other buildings both on the coast and in the interior of the Carolinas have been damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, and ongoing flooding continues to cause damage and hinder recovery efforts. By...more
Following are two interesting and recent federal court rulings related to arbitration. Award of Attorney’s Fees Associated with Motion to Confirm Reversed on Appeal - Zurich American Insurance (as subrogee of Vinmar...more
Insured's Notice to Broker Satisfied Policy Requirements, Illinois Court Rules - Why it matters: An insured's notice to its broker satisfied the policy's notice requirements, an Illinois appellate panel recently...more
As this blog has repeatedly documented, it can be hard for insurers to assert the attorney-client privilege in the context of bad faith litigation. One difficulty arises in states that enforce a presumption against the...more