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Recent Developments in International Arbitration | April, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 30, 2012
Following are this month’s recent developments in international arbitration law published by the International Law Office (free registration is required to view the articles): United States: Arbitrability as a threat to finality of international arbitration awards France: Award annulled due to withdrawn counterclaims introduced by insolvent defendant International: Best practices: the importance of experienced arbitration counsel United Kin
Lessons in Healthcare Collaboration
By Holly Hayes - April 27, 2012
by Holly Hayes In the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, Deborah B. Gardner, PhD, RN, CS writes about “Ten Lessons in Collaboration“. The collaboration lessons summarized from the article and listed below are helpful for all nurses, clinical nurse managers and many others in the healthcare field. Dr. Gardner is the Chief of Planning and Organizational Development at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. Table 1.
Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update | April, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 26, 2012
The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 112nd U.S. Congress. The session convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2011 and will end on January 3, 2013. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Bills that passed: Patent Reform Act of 2011 (a.k.a. America Invents Act). The Act provides, among other things that parties to a deri
Article | Arbitration of Trust Disputes: Two Bodies of Law Collide
By Victoria VanBuren - April 25, 2012
We invite you to read professor S.I. Strong (pictured right) latest draft article, S.I. Strong, Arbitration of Trust Disputes: Two Bodies of Law Collide, 45 VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW __ (forthcoming 2012). Here is the abstract: Once considered nothing more than “mere” estate planning devices, trusts play a large and growing role in the international economy, holding trillions of dollars of assets and generating billions of dollars o
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Department of Justice | Statistical Summary
By Victoria VanBuren - April 24, 2012
We recently stumbled across a Statistical Summary about the Use and Benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolution by the Justice Department. According with this data, the litigation or discovery expenses saved rose from $3 million in 2007 to $12 million in 2011. The data is based on case reports submitted by the lead trial counsel in all cases in which a private neutral conducted an ADR process in Department of Justice litigation across the country.
ICC International Commercial Arbitration | Paris, Sept. 24-27, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 23, 2012
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will host its training in International Commercial Arbitration in Paris, on September 24-27, 2012. The training includes a study of a mock case under the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration. Learning outcomes Understand the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration and practice of international commercial arbitration Prepare and draft the Request for Arbitration and the Answer to the Request submitted to the Arbitral Tri
GUEST-POST | Who Pays the Hospital-Medical Staff Standing Neutral?
By Holly Hayes - April 20, 2012
By Richard J. Webb, Esq. This is a follow-up to a four part series of posts at the Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog on the hospital-medical staff standing neutral. See Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV. This concept requires a hospital and its organized medical staff to select a neutral expert in advance of any dispute, who will stand ready to assist the parties as problems arise, with the aim of resolving conflicts quickly and efficiently. It is
California Court of Appeals Denies Confirmation of Award Due to NonPayment of Arbitrator’s Fees
By Victoria VanBuren - April 19, 2012
In Cinel v Christopher, 203 Cal. App. 4th 759, 136 Cal. Rptr. 3d 763 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. 2012), the Second District California Court of Appeal reviewed an order denying a petition to confirm an arbitration award. Defendant appealed an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, denying his petition to confirm an arbitration award. The matter had gone to arbitration pursuant to an underlying contract between plaintiff, defendant
ICC Economic Sanctions in the Global Economy | Paris, June 25, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 18, 2012
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will host a conference on Economic Sanctions in the Global Economy in Paris, on June 25, 2012. Conference Highlights This Conference provides a unique public-private forum to discuss the extraterritorial application of economic sanctions. Industry leaders and their counsel will make the case to government officials on both sides of the Atlantic on how sanctions could be better conceived and applied. Who
Colorado Federal District Court Determines Whether Arbitration Clause in Online Agreement is Illusory
By Victoria VanBuren - April 16, 2012
In a recent case, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado found online arbitration clause enforceable and granted Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration. In Vernon v. Qwest Communs. Int’l, Inc., 09-cv-01840-RBJ-CBS (D. Col. Mar. 8, 2012) Plaintiffs are Qwest internet service customers who asserted claims on behalf of a multi-state consumer class action, alleging that Qwest’s imposition of a $200 early terminati
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