Since I became a lawyer in 1989, the use of arbitration as a dispute resolution technique has skyrocketed, and it is increasingly rare these days to find a contract that does not have an arbitration ...

In my first installment I met former college roommates, Founder One and Founder Two, who launched a business selling gluten-free cookies on campus using the secret recipe they developed. Optimistic, ...

This article highlights the advantages of arbitration over traditional court litigation. It explains that arbitration offers faster, more cost-effective, and final resolutions by allowing parties to ...

“Choosing between mediation, arbitration, or litigation will depend on what a specific party is seeking…. Your best option will solely depend on the complexity of the issues, what you seek as a ...

For decades, companies have struggled to find a solution to the problem of expensive and disruptive class action lawsuits. When the U.S. Supreme Court held—in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion—that ...

The Founding Fathers believed your right to a jury trial is so important, they enshrined it in Article III of the Constitution. In 1791, “the right to a speedy and public trial” was reinforced by ...

Amazon’s recent email to customers declaring the end to binding arbitration. For a major corporate declaration, it was relatively brief. And as short as the email was, it can be distilled further into ...

Once a player becomes eligible for salary arbitration, he is eligible each offseason (assuming he is tendered a contract) until he reaches six years of Major League service. At that point, the player ...