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By R. Daniel Knaap The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declined to hear a case where Saudi Arabian landowners sought to enforce an...

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By Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court this morning declined to hear a case on whether the nearly century-old Federal Arbitration Act preempts...

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By Mylene Chan The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency which enforces federal workplace anti-discrimination laws,...

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By R. Daniel Knaap & Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court backed a Taco Bell worker resisting her employer’s motion to compel...

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By Katerina Karamousalidou A CPR Government & ADR Task Force meeting last month focused on the U.S. government’s executive branch...

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

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

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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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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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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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