In an almost unprecedented for these days 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on March 31 in Badgerow v. Walters that federal courts must determine federal subject...Read More

Attorneys, parties and arbitrators have all seen where arbitrations have increasingly mirrored the more time consuming and elongated practices of litigation.  Why?  And how...Read More

On Feb.10, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration hosted a webinar explaining draft guidance published in December 2021 on the use of digital health technologies, or DHTs,...Read More

The import of full-fledged discovery and classic court procedures jeopardizes arbitration’s promise of lower cost, greater speed, and increased efficiencies. Janice...Read More

The COVID19 crisis has forced California courts—and courts across the country—to a screeching halt. Courthouses shuddered their doors and vacated months’ worth of hearings....Read More

Dispositive motions have existed in arbitration almost as long as arbitration itself. Recently, however, arbitrators have witnessed an increase in requests for leave to...Read More

As companies, parties, and their lawyers across the nation debate whether they may, or even should, resolve their disputes in court or arbitration, courts and arbitrators,...Read More

With Kamala Harris’s recent victory as the first female, first person of color Vice President of the United States, Halima DeLaine Prado’s promotion to General Counsel of...Read More

The pandemic changed how we work, how we shop, how we communicate, and how we “meet.” It changed our world’s “normal.” Most significantly, it changed the healthcare...Read More

Recently, Uber Technologies Inc . sued the American Arbitration Association toblock $100 million in arbitration fees and costs; Amazon.com Inc . removedthe mandatory...Read More