May 2009
Wikipedia Bans Scientologists from Editing Articles About Own Religion
Arbitration News / 31 May 2009
In what is believed to be the largest group enforcement effort ever made by Wikipedia, administrators of the free online encyclopedia has banned anyone using a computer associated with the Church of Scientology from editing posts concerning the religious...The Value of the Opening Statement in Mediation
Mediation News / 30 May 2009
Extract not available....Mobinil (Egypt): France Telecom will use all national and international legal channels to challenge obstructive rulings by the Egyptian market authorities
Arbitration News / 30 May 2009
(Media-Newswire.com) - The Egyptian Capital Market Authority ( CMA ) today rejected the proposal made by France Telecom on 19 May for a tender offer to ECMS shareholders at 237 Egyptian pounds per share. This price represents a 58% premium...Legal Ruling To Halt IATA's PaxIS Use Of Amadeus Information
Arbitration News / 30 May 2009
MAY 29, 2009 -- The future of the International Air Transport Association's deeply controversial PaxIS market intelligence product looks questionable after legal action forced the airline body to remove all bookings through Amadeus from the system....National firm and its lawyers give $1 million to support McGill's Faculty of Law
Arbitration News / 30 May 2009
l navigation (skip): Search (skip): Leading Canadian law firm Ogilvy Renault LLP has partnered with its lawyers, agents and retired partners to collectively raise $1 million in support of McGill's . This major contribution to Campaign McGill will support...CC global litigation chief resigns from firm
Arbitration News / 30 May 2009
Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) global head of litigation and dispute resolution has quit the firm in the wake of a practice overhaul that will see a number of associates laid off in the US. Mark Kirsch (pictured), who has held the...Judge Shoots Down City's Argument On Arbitration Ruling
Arbitration News / 29 May 2009
The D.C. Office of the Attorney General hit a major snag today in its attempts to keep a labor dispute with city workers out of the courts. Ignoring protests from the city’s lawyers, Judge Jeanette Clark of the D.C. Superior...Norwich solicitors form family firm
Mediation News / 29 May 2009
Three Norwich solicitors have turned the credit crunch into a business opportunity by launching a specialist family law practice. The trio behind BBL Family Law, who believe that now is the best time to start up the business, say they...Marquette law school to run foreclosure mediation program
Mediation News / 29 May 2009
The Marquette University Law School will provide mediation between lenders and residential borrowers facing foreclosure under a program funded with proceeds from a successful lawsuit against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. Wisconsin Attorney...British barristers offer expertise on disputes
Arbitration News / 29 May 2009
MANAMA: British barristers yesterday claimed that both Bahrain and the region could benefit from their expertise in resolving disputes in the current financial downturn. More than a 100 members of the Bahrain British Business Forum (BBBF) met a...Lawyers rejoice as property slump turns nasty
Arbitration News / 29 May 2009
While the UAE grapples with the downside of the economic curve, the real estate crash is providing rich pickings for lawyers called in to deal with a rash of construction lawsuits. There has been a sharp rise in litigation cases...United States: Supreme Court Upholds Enforcement of Union Contract Provisions Requiring Arbitration of Age Discrimination Claims - Holland & Knight
Arbitration News / 28 May 2009
is based in our Northern Virginia office. In an important decision resolving a split among the United States Courts of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that a collective bargaining agreement's clear and unmistakable requirement...United Kingdom: Arbitration Clauses And Anti-Suit Injunctions - CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Arbitration News / 28 May 2009
An English court will, in appropriate cases, grant an anti-suit injunction in favour of arbitration to preclude a party from pursuing litigation in another jurisdiction, provided that the matter is not governed by EU Regulation 44/2001 on jurisdiction...Links advocacy head Humphries fulfils ambition to launch litigation boutique
Arbitration News / 28 May 2009
High profile litigation partner to leave City giant to set up his own Bristol-based boutique High-profile Linklaters disputes partner Mark Humphries is set to leave the firm to launch his own boutique. Linklaters head of advocacy Humphries will leave the...Civil Procedure Rules: 10 years of change
Mediation News / 28 May 2009
If you are a civil litigator able to remember serving a writ on behalf of a plaintiff, as well as the days of pleadings, interrogatories, further and better particulars, affidavits and discovery, then you are, shall we say, of a...Employment Arbitration Fee-Splitting Provision Not Trumped by AAA Rules, New York Court Rules
Arbitration News / 27 May 2009
In a 3-2 decision, a New York State appeals court has found an arbitration agreement void as against public policy, because the employee would be responsible for a prohibitive amount of a $42,300 arbitrators bill. Brady v. The Williams Capital...France Telecom says to explore legal options over Mobinil
Arbitration News / 27 May 2009
Arab Finance: France Telecom said today in a press release that, the Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) today rejected the proposal made by France Telecom on 19 May for a tender offer to ECMS (EMOB) shareholders at 237 Egyptian pounds...Spotting an adjudication: Amec -v- Department of Transport
Adjudication News / 27 May 2009
Sotomayor: A Moderate on Business Issues
Arbitration News / 26 May 2009
By Steve LeVine and Theo Francis Federal Appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, nominated May 26 by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, has earned a centrist reputation in business cases: In 1995, she sided with major-league baseball players in...Chartered Institute of Arbitrators inducts members, admits new fellows
CIArb in the Press / 26 May 2009
DRAFTING AN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CLAUSE: BEST PRACTICE
CIArb in the Press / 26 May 2009
An arbitration clause can be defined as a provision in an underlying commercial contract, through which the parties involved in a particular transaction, agree to settle any conflict or dispute that may arise from or related to the transaction by...DRAFTING AN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CLAUSE: BEST PRACTICE
CIArb in the Press / 26 May 2009
New courthouse headed to legal dispute?
Mediation News / 26 May 2009
> 2:52 PM By Supervisor Don Gage is not worried about the outcome of a long-simmering dispute between Santa Clara County and West Bay Builders, the contractor hired to build the new South County Courthouse who claims the county owes...Island homes get tax cut
Arbitration News / 24 May 2009
Property owners came out ahead this week, as what is believed to be Glynn County's first ever property tax arbitration hearing resulted in appraisers being told to lower the values of 23 St. Simons Island properties by millions of dollars....Alliance Calls For Arbitration Over Oil Fraud Claims
Arbitration News / 23 May 2009
-- Alliance Royalties Inc. has fired off a suit against oil and gas purchaser Noble Royalties Inc. and founder A. Scott Noble, demanding arbitration to get to the heart of an alleged fraud that led Alliance to invest in various...Senate Confirms Former AFA-CWA President to National Mediation Board
Mediation News / 23 May 2009
WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) International President Patricia Friend issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Linda Puchala to the National Mediation Board (NMB):...J&J legal action against Schering Plough
Arbitration News / 23 May 2009
Extract not available....CIArb holds 95th AGM
CIArb News / 21 May 2009
CIArb held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 14 May at Bloomsbury Square, London.New Trustee for the Middle East and India appointed
CIArb News / 20 May 2009
A new Trustee for the Middle East and Indian Sub-Continent has been appointed to CIArb's Board of Trustees.Canada: The Developing Landscape Of Arbitration — The Impact Of Dell And Rogers - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Arbitration News / 20 May 2009
Article originally published in McCarthy Tétrault Litigation Co-counsel (Volume 2, Issue 3) on March 25, 2009 The legal landscape related to the enforcement of arbitration clauses continues to develop following the Supreme Court of Canada's decisions in...Belgore, Babalola canvass arbitration use
CIArb in the Press / 20 May 2009
Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case
Arbitration News / 20 May 2009
Some of England's biggest football clubs have become the first companies to band together to win case under the best-known arbitration system for domain name disputes. The World Intellectual Property Organisation offers an arbitration service that uses...The Securities Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & Nunez, PA Announces Multi-Million Dollar Securities Arbitration Claim Filed Against Citigroup
Arbitration News / 20 May 2009
CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(Business Wire)-- The Securities Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & Núñez, PA (TGN) announces the recent filing of a multi-million dollar securities arbitration claim with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Case No....Advancing Arbitration: Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Arbitration of Discrimination Claims
Arbitration News / 19 May 2009
Supreme Court upholds mandatory arbitration of discrimination claims in union workplaces. Reprints Knowing Agreement Individual arbitration agreements are often challenged on the grounds that the individual did not agree to arbitrate claims. For example,...L’Oréal case highlights split over online liability
Mediation News / 19 May 2009
Online auction site eBay and French cosmetics and perfume company L’Oréal have until next week to inform a French court of their plans to cooperate better in the fight against online fakes On May 14, the Paris Tribunal de Grande...Arbitration Tribunal Order Favors Perenco in Ecuador Dispute
Arbitration News / 15 May 2009
LONDON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Perenco Ecuador Limited ('Perenco') announced today that on May 8, 2009, a three member international arbitration tribunal constituted under the auspices of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment...Law Society of Scotland 60th anniversary conference: Susskind fires private equity warning
CIArb in the Press / 15 May 2009
Law Society of Scotland 60th anniversary conference: Susskind fires private equity warning
CIArb in the Press / 15 May 2009
Private equity firms are stepping up their interest in English legal practices as they search for lucrative investment opportunities in a difficult market, according to Professor Richard Susskind, author of The End of Lawyers? However, the legal services...Supreme Court of Canada dismisses application for leave to appeal in academic freedom case
Arbitration News / 14 May 2009
This means the decision by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal from last December still stands, which ruled that the University had not violated academic freedom and that the University did not violate the rights of Dr. Blair Stonechild. That decision...Covington boosts UK with double partner expansion
Arbitration News / 14 May 2009
US firm taps Taylor Wessing and Debevoise as life sciences and arbitration practices each gain a partner Covington & Burling has bolstered its :London arm with a double partner hire. The firm has brought in Daniel Pavin from Taylor Wessing...Lovells recruits A&O counsel as partner to bolster expansion of Paris arbitration team
Arbitration News / 14 May 2009
Lovells has expanded its Paris offering, with the hire of Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) Paris international arbitration head. Laurent Gouiffes, who was a counsel in A&O’s litigation department, has joined the top 10 City firm as a partner....W-B lawyers looking at arbitration decision
Arbitration News / 14 May 2009
WILKES-BARRE Mayor Tom Leighton said Wednesday that the citys attorneys Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald are reviewing a judges decision upholding an arbitration award given to the Wilkes-Barre City Firefighters Local Union 104. County Judge Hugh Mundys...UPDATE 1-L'Oreal and Ebay agree to find a legal settlement
Mediation News / 13 May 2009
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - L'Oreal (OREP.PA L'Oreal said it had accepted legal mediation to find and implement jointly with Ebay lasting and efficient anti-counterfeiting measures. A Paris court said on Wednesday it invited the parties to settle and a...Dispute Resolution Foundation Achieving Success in Mediating Conflicts
Mediation News / 13 May 2009
It is 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the Dispute Resolution Foundation's (DRF) 5 Camp Road headquarters in Kingston is teeming with activity....Four Seasons Resort Turns Into Legal Battlefield
Arbitration News / 13 May 2009
CARLSBAD - A posh Carlsbad resort has devolved from a luxury hotel to a legal battleground, with the owners trying to oust a management group it claims is refusing to leave, and the managers accusing the owners of picking locks...Islamic banking faces legal wrangles as boom fades
Arbitration News / 13 May 2009
KUALA LUMPUR/MANAMA: A wave of debt defaults is set to hit Islamic banks as deals sour amid the global slowdown, testing the legal framework and stability of an industry already facing the biggest slump in its 30-year history. The global...United States: U.S. Supreme Court Enforces Agreement Compelling Unionized Employees To Arbitrate Discrimination Claims - Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Arbitration News / 12 May 2009
Supreme Court Enforces Agreement Compelling Unionized Employees To Arbitrate Discrimination Claims - Dorsey & Whitney LLP - 12/05/2009, You Are Here: United States: US Supreme Court Enforces Agreement Compelling Unionized Employees To...Well Known Aberdeen Legal Expert Goes Solo
Mediation News / 12 May 2009
A well known face in the Aberdeen legal world has just launched a unique business venture. Lili Hunter has unveiled her new city centre-based consultancy which will offer a solution-focused blend of services to deliver mediation, HR and employment law...IPod designer's private nature costs him jonathanive.com
Arbitration News / 12 May 2009
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iMac, iPod and iPhone, has lost a claim for domain names carrying his name because his name is not a trade mark and because he shuns publicity. His name is not used enough in commerce...Biomet Reaches Deals In 24 W.Va. Negligence Suits
Mediation News / 12 May 2009
-- Biomet Inc. has reached settlements in 24 professional negligence suits in West Virginia but now faces a probe by New Jersey's attorney general over potential financial ties between the company and doctors running its clinical trials, the orthopedic...11 May 09 Head chosen for Scottish Mediation Network Judith Auld to succeed Ewan Malcolm as chief executive
Mediation News / 12 May 2009
Judith Auld to succeed Ewan Malcolm as chief executive Judith Auld is to be the new chief executive of the Scottish Mediation Network, the board has announced. A qualified solicitor, Ms Auld holds degrees in law, legal practice, history and...New hire boosts Denton Wilde Sapte's Middle East Construction and Arbitration strengths
Arbitration News / 11 May 2009
Denton Wilde Sapte continues to strengthen its Middle East Construction and Arbitration practices with the recruitment of leading construction and arbitration specialist Peter Shaw in the firm's Dubai office. 'Peter has a great reputation in the Middle...United Kingdom: Clearing Up West Tankers - Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
Arbitration News / 11 May 2009
Although the ECJ decision in Allianz SpA and Another v West Tankers Inc Case 185/07 of 10 February 2009 ('the West Tankers decision') confirmed that under European Council Regulation No 44/2001 ('the Regulation') any EU member state court, even one...9 May 2009 - Funding for Legal Assistance Services
Mediation News / 11 May 2009
Bob Debus MP Attorney-General Robert McClelland MP FUNDING FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES The Rudd Government will provide more than $20 million in additional one-off funding for legal assistance programs, focussing on enhancing early intervention and...Watercooler: Who's going to protect your right to sue?
Arbitration News / 10 May 2009
If you have a credit card, a cell phone or even just a job, chances are you've already signed away your right to sue if something goes wrong. Moves are afoot to remedy that situation, but it won't be easy....CIArb maintains unique profile at Vienna Vis Moot
CIArb News / 08 May 2009
Sixteenth Vis Moot gives CIArb the opportuntity to support arbitrators of the future.2008 Annual Report published
CIArb News / 08 May 2009
Read CIArb's .Spring Resolver out now
CIArb News / 08 May 2009
The May issue of The Resolver is now available toAttorney General is a Mediation Convert
Mediation News / 07 May 2009
May, 2009For immediate release The Attorney General is a Self Confessed Convert to Mediation! This week, in an event organised by the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ), the Attorney General Hon. Christopher Finlayson hosted the...In the City: The Church's QC Church
CIArb in the Press / 07 May 2009
In the City: The Church's QC Church
CIArb in the Press / 07 May 2009
Dean scene The appointment last week by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York of a new Dean of the Arches might easily have passed me by had I not, by happy chance, been on the premises at Francis Taylor Buildings...Court rules in arbitration dispute involving non-parties to an agreement (May 4, 2009)
Arbitration News / 06 May 2009
The Supreme Court held today that the Federal Arbitration Act gives federal circuit courts jurisdiction to rule on the denial of compelled arbitration motions by non-parties to the agreement. After Wayne Carlisle and his partners sold their construction...Asia Law - Clifford Chance Associate Awarded Top Prize in Arbitration Exam - Legal Newswire
CIArb in the Press / 06 May 2009
Asia Law - Clifford Chance Associate Awarded Top Prize in Arbitration Exam - Legal Newswire
CIArb in the Press / 06 May 2009
Clifford Chance associate awarded top prize in arbitration exam Hong Kong: Clifford Chance associate Kanice Chan has received the prestigious Ray Hughes Memorial Prize from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' east Asia branch. Kanice, an associate in...IRS clarifies term under the US-Belgium treaty
Arbitration News / 06 May 2009
The IRS rece-ntly posted interim guidance on its website clarifying the meaning of the term commen-cement date for purposes of the mandatory arbitration process in mutual agreement procedure (MAP) cases under the US-Belgium income tax treaty. The interim...CIArb Commercial Arbitration Workshop: New Orleans, October 2009
CIArb in the Press / 06 May 2009
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) will be offering a Commercial Arbitration Workshop this October 10-11 in New Orleans, LA, consisting of an Introductory Entry Level Course and an Advanced-Fast Track to Fellowship Program. [Read more]...Free legal aid available for those facing foreclosure | The Record | Wednesday, 1:32 AM EDT There's free help available for homeowners facing foreclosure.
Mediation News / 06 May 2009
Foreclosure mediation brings the borrower and lender together before a neutral mediator who assists the parties in reaching a voluntary and mutual agreement to resolve the loan delinquency. Participation in this program provides homeowners with free...Skadden moves City QC for Asia arbitration launch
Arbitration News / 06 May 2009
Extract not available....High Court Reverses Andersen Arbitration Ruling
Arbitration News / 06 May 2009
-- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a litigant who is not party to an arbitration agreement can appeal a federal court decision refusing to stay the litigation pending arbitration, reversing an earlier appeals court ruling and remanding the...New York Esrog Distributor Bound by Israeli Judgment, Court Rules
Arbitration News / 05 May 2009
A New York-based distributor of esrog, a fruit used by Jews during the observance of Sukkot, the ancient harvest festival holiday, must abide by an Israeli arbitrator's $66,000 judgment against him, a federal judge in New York has decided. New...Protecting witnesses in disciplinary hearings
Arbitration News / 05 May 2009
What does one do with whistleblowers who refuse to testify in a disciplinary hearing because they fear intimidation? In a recent arbitration in the matter of TAWUSA obo Khumalo & others vs Supergroup, the employer applied to the arbitrator for...Turkey: Choice Of Turkish Laws - Cerraholu Law Firm
Arbitration News / 05 May 2009
Decisions of the Turkish Court of Appeals have discussed whether the choice of Turkish law in an agreement including an arbitration clause to apply to disputes arising out of the agreement should be construed to refer only to the substantive...Court Says Provision to Split Arbitration Fees Violates Public Policy
Arbitration News / 05 May 2009
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