Daniel Winslow, a Boston partner and litigator at international law firm Duane Morris LLP, and The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute), are pleased to announce the rollout of a pilot program for the CPR Institute’s first model Economical Litigation Agreement (ELA), which is a new model contractual agreement that companies can use to limit litigation costs.

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The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an order from a Louisiana federal court that stayed litigation proceedings and compelled arbitration of ...

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Booker v. Robert Half International, Inc. (D.C. Cir., July 1, 2005). The D.C. Circuit court held that where an arbitration agreement contains an ...

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Fred M. Soucie v. DuWayne E. Hess, 2005 WL 1432262 (Court of Appeals of Minnesota, June 21, 2005). A Minnesota appeals court overturned an award of punitive ...

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McBurney v. The GM Card (R.I. 3/24/05): Rhode Island Supreme Court holds that request for punitive damages does not preclude arbitration of credit card ...

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Should private arbitration panels be allowed to offer punitive damages? Is a $25 million judgment excessive if actual damages are only about $1 million? How much oversight should courts have over private arbitrators? Do the same legal standards apply in private proceedings as in a court of law?

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