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If you have ever signed a contract of any kind, you have probably asked, “Should I sign an arbitration agreement?” The most common place that people may see an arbitration agreement that gives them pause is in an employment agreement. Many companies have been begun to include arbitration agreements in their contracts with employees because …
In this article, we discuss the importance of environmental litigation and its effect on society. It was the spring of 1971. Then in second grade, this author saw a short film in school about air and water pollution. Horrified at what seemed to be our inescapable doom, I typed my first letter. In three or …
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When collective bargaining reaches an impasse, the usual next step is a strike. For some essential public employees, such as firefighters and police officers, there is no right to strike. In such situations, the next step is usually conventional arbitration. But conventional arbitration has been criticized because arbitrators supposedly arrive at awards by “splitting …
It’s been said that America is the most litigious society in the world, despite the fact that less than 2% of federal cases go all the way to trial. Many more cases do not reach the courthouse. We are, if anything, a society that settles disputes. We don’t talk that way, and as a group, …
Occasionally, a court will recommend an early neutral evaluation shortly after a case has been filed. Courts will usually recommend this when they believe an evaluation may help the parties accurately see their positions compared to the other party’s and potentially think about a settlement. Sometimes, a court will recommend the case to early …
If you need clarification on how California Settlement Privilege really works, this article is going to answer a lot of your questions. Let’s suppose that you have a longtime friend and client named Alice. You have made a lot of money with Alice over the years, and her business is important. One day, she accuses …
Any arbitration that takes place in California must comply with the California Arbitration Act. The California Arbitration Act is a piece of legislation that regulates private arbitration in the state of California. This law is intended to create and streamline the process of arbitration in the state. Certain provisions of the law have caused controversy, …
Most peace agreements address three main concerns: procedure, substance and organization. Procedural components set out the processes that establish and maintain peace. They delineate the HOW of a peace process by establishing the processes and measures that help build the peace.
The jurisprudence on the appointment of the arbitrator has substantially been evolving through the judgment of various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India (‘Supreme Court’). On the contrary, there is an underlying bottleneck issue creating a conundrum when it comes to the law on appointment of arbitrator resulting in a juxtaposition between statutory …