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ADR Procedures
Arbitration News
the Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, Vol 16 No 2
September 2011
by
Olivier P Andre
CPR ...
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The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (MCC)
SPECIAL SECTION ADR
August 2011
by Kathy Bryan
The Editor interviews Kathy Bryan, President and CEO, ...
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Posted in: Advocacy in ADR, Arbitration, Banking & Financial Services, Construction, Corporate Protocol, Discovery, Diversity, e-Discovery, Employment, Franchise, International, Mass Claims, Mediation, Patent/Trademark, Product Liability, CPR in the News, Commercial ADR Tools, Early Case Assessment, ADR Policy, ADR Procedures, ADR Protocols
A House bill, HR-890, would allow Holocaust survivors and their families to file suit against European insurance companies for failing to pay on insurance policies.
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n Moro Aircraft Leasing, Inc. v. Keith, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio sent a matter to arbitration where the dispute resolution clause provided for the settlement of “the dispute by mediation administered by Arbitration under the Rules of the American Arbitration Association” (emphasis added).
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In the wake of the May 10 decision in Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki, which blasted the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to provide servicemen and -women with timely adjudication of their disability claims, the government has petitioned for a rehearing en banc in front of the full Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
At issue: Did the Ninth Circuit overstep its separation-of-powers boundaries in ordering a district court to oversee corrective measures at the VA?
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The Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 is back: re-installed, re-funded, with a new special master, and a new mission--compensating first responders.
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The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held the delays in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process violated the constitutional due process rights of veterans.
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Will the Surpeme Court’s view that business may ban class arbitration lead to a wipeout of class actions generally?
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Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote in a dissent that today’s Supreme Court 5-4 opinion striking down the use of a California unconcionability law was a breach of basic federalism principles.
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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas declares in his AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion concurrence that public policy isn't a ground under Federal Arbitration Act Section 2's saving clause to invalidate an arbitration agreement.
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