Disputes have existed as long as there have been people. Ways to resolve disputes have also existed just as long. But now, technology has made some of the oldest ways to resolve disputes new again and better than ever! Now you can settle differences with other people or businesses without ever leaving your home, office or business.

Mark Norych manages…

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Disputes have existed as long as there have been people. Ways to resolve disputes have also existed just as long. But now, technology has made some of the oldest ways to resolve disputes new again and better than ever! Now you can settle differences with other people or businesses without ever leaving your home, office or business.

Mark Norych manages…

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Customers and traders have much more balanced relationship now than in the past, due to the role of social media and customer reviews. The key role of online social media forces traders to actively engage in partner dialogue with their customers. Customers will…

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Have you always wondered what the difference between arbitration and mediation is? Listen in as attorney, mediator and arbitrator, Daniel Preston Dozier, discusses the fact and fiction of arbitration. You’ll learn the pros and cons of arbitration and how mediation…

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A divided Supreme Court held this week that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) that a states requirement of the availability of classwide arbitration interferes with the fundamental attributes of arbitration and thus creates a scheme inconsistent with the FAA. AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, No. 09-893, U.S. Supreme Court (April 27, 2011). The case was brought by a California couple who objected to a $30 charge for what was supposed to be a free cellphone. The agreement that they signed… Continue

Carol Whitworth signed a Sales Manager Employment Contract (“Employment Contract”) with McBride & Son on June 30, 2005.  The Employment Contract had a binding arbitration clause but did not describe the procedures or guidelines for arbitration.  The Employment Contract was also signed by the employer.  About one week later Whitworth was asked to complete an application for employment (“Application”).  The Application which was signed by Whitworth, but not by the employer, also contained…

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One of the strengths of ADRhub.com is the network of members from such diverse backgrounds. ADRhub.com now includes academics, practitioners, scholars, professionals, students, 'newbies,' and those interested in getting involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The network has experienced rapid growth in a short period of time--a testament to the high level of interest in ADR, as well as a strong desire to collaborate and learn from other members.…

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On September 1, 2010 Gina Passarella of the Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer published an excellent article entitled, "Litigators Losing Love of Arbitration Argue for Trials." She quotes prominent, Philadelphia-based litigators, all of whom were…

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The coming week could be a big one for arbitration cases at the United States Supreme Court. First, the Court will hear oral argument in Rent-a-Center West v. Jackson, No. 09-497 on Monday April 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Rent-a-Center, which arises under the…

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Back in December 2009 we started posting in the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum a series of articles on vacating arbitration awards under the Federal Arbitration Act. We published the first in the series on December 8, 2009, and two follow-up posts since then. There is a fourth in the works, and a fifth will follow.

I figured that members of the ADRHub who do not ordinarily follow the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum might enjoy this series,…

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This was posted earlier today in the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum:

Readers are excruciatingly aware of the amount of time and energy we expend on what seems at first blush to be a relatively arcane area of the law: practice and procedure under the Federal Arbitration Act. It is a…

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In George Watts & Son v. Tiffany & Co., 248 F.3d 577 (7^th Cir. 2001), then Circuit Judge (now Chief Judge) Frank H.…

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