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Mediating Commercial Disputes: Understanding the Process to Maximize the Benefits
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Apr 26

By Mia Levi Mediation is a process in which a neutral third party—a mediator—meets with the disputing parties and actively assists...

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Update: An Influx of Arbitration Legislation
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Date posted Apr 7

By Tamia Sutherland The passage and March 3 signing of H.R. 4445, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021...

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#CPRAM22: Corporate Counsel Roundtable–Leveraging Technology to Prevent Disputes
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Apr 7

By Janice L. Sperow Unlike many other alternative dispute providers that focus exclusively on conflict resolution outside the courtroom, the...

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Supreme Court Rejects Federal FAA Jurisdiction for Arbitration Award Enforcement and Challenges
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Mar 31

By Russ Bleemer & Andrew Ling The Supreme Court embraced a narrow construction of subject-matter jurisdiction in arbitration matters today,...

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Airbnb’s Clickwrap Agreement Prevails in Florida’s Top Court
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Date posted Mar 31

By Russ Bleemer A highly anticipated Florida Supreme Court case on the effect of incorporating arbitration rules into a consumer contract was...

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Adding a Claim, and Avoiding Arbitration: The Supreme Court Reviews California’s PAG Act
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Mar 30

By Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday examined California’s law allowing individuals to stand in for the state and file suits on...

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The Fight over Arbitration and Class-Action Access Returns to the Supreme Court Tomorrow
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Mar 29

By Russ Bleemer Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, No. 20-1573, will sort the relationship...

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Fight over Arbitration and Class-Action Access Returns to Supreme Court Tomorrow on CA's PAGA Law
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Date posted Mar 29

By Russ Bleemer Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, No. 20-1573, will sort the relationship...

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Looking for Definitions, Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Federal Arbitration Act’s Sec. 1 Exemption
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Mar 28

By Russ Bleemer Today’s Federal Arbitration Act oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court gives the justices the opportunity to refine the...

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Supreme Court Preview: An Airline and an Employee Will Argue OverReach of an Exclusion from the FBA
Posted In: CPR Speaks,
Date posted Mar 25

By Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday morning to hear oral arguments in the third of four arbitration matters before the...

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Highlights from Cardozo’s Melnick Symposium on ‘The Death and Resurrection of Dialogue’
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Date posted Mar 24

By Ellen Waldman Each year, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva...

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Section 1782 Allows Discovery for Use Before Int. Tribunals
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Date posted Mar 23

By John Pinney & Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court today heard almost two hours of argument on whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 allows parties to...

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