June 2009
Clifford Chance establishes south east Asian dispute resolution practice
Arbitration News / 30 June 2009
New partner will strengthen arbitration, restructuring and insolvency, and India-focused capabilities in region Singapore: Nish Shetty will join leading international law firm Clifford Chance as a partner in August 2009.'We are delighted to welcome a...Linklaters reinforces China practice with joint managing partners
Arbitration News / 30 June 2009
Following Zili Shao's promotion to Asia managing partner, Linklaters has appointed Marc Harvey and Celia Lam as the new joint China managing partners. The appointments take effect immediately and are for a period of four years. Harvey has been head...Former PM's wife says "disputes are normal"
CIArb News / 30 June 2009
Her speech on the subject of "How best to settle an argument," will draw on her extensive experience of advocacy and dispute resolution.High Court Won't Hear Chevron's Ecuador Appeal
Arbitration News / 30 June 2009
-- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Chevron Corp.'s appeal of a ruling that Ecuador's state-owned oil company does not have to share liability for $27 billion in potential damages over alleged environmental contamination in the Amazon rain...Too Few Women Among Top International Arbitrators
Arbitration News / 30 June 2009
Extract not available....Philip Levinson to Join Blackstone in Asia
CIArb in the Press / 29 June 2009
The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) today announced that Philip Levinson will join the firm, effective July 6, as a Managing Director. Mr Levinson will be responsible for raising capital for Blackstone’s suite of funds, maintaining client relationships and...Philip Levinson to Join Blackstone in Asia
CIArb in the Press / 29 June 2009
Senator Roberts Introduces Ag Mediation Bill
Mediation News / 28 June 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts introduced legislation to continue critical agriculture mediation programs. 'The mediation programs at the Department of Agriculture go a long way in helping our farmers and ranchers seek confidential advice...Lawyers set to don a new role
Mediation News / 27 June 2009
200 advocates trained in mediation Mediation is quick, has success rate of 60% Kozhikode: A mediation centre will be opened at the district court here to help reduce the backlog of cases and to speed up justice delivery. An Orientation...Eversheds comment: L'Or
Mediation News / 25 June 2009
Following L'Oréal's appeal to eBay fakes ruling in France, Katie Withers, associate at international law firm Eversheds comments: eBay has been sued by a number of high end brand owners, who argue that eBay should be jointly liable for trade...Fannie Mae, KPMG Push Hard to Settle Securities Suit
Mediation News / 25 June 2009
After four years and tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, Defense lawyers in the Fannie Mae securities fraud suit asked a federal judge today to send the case to mediation. Attorneys for Fannie Mae and its former auditor,...Argentine Crisis Arbitration Awards Pile Up, but Investors Still Wait for a Payout
Arbitration News / 25 June 2009
The Argentine economic crisis of 2002 produced a flood of big arbitrations. To date, more than a half-dozen rulings have been handed down by tribunals in Argentina-related cases. But while the awards against the South American country are piling up,...Arbitration and E-Discovery
Arbitration News / 25 June 2009
The expansion of document discovery, fueled by the vastness of electronic discovery, has led parties to seek alternative ways of dealing with the enormity of the task. 'The mountains of discovery issues associated with arbitration cases in a variety of...Bringing Mediation In-House Is Cost-Effective in More Ways Than One
Mediation News / 25 June 2009
Extract not available....Is Mediation a Real Option for Resolving Disputes?
Mediation News / 24 June 2009
Extract not available....A Lawyer's Delight
Arbitration News / 24 June 2009
With less than 15 minutes remaining before the Senate is supposed to gavel in for the second extraordinary session called this week by Gov. David Paterson, things are unraveling fast. Developments: - Sens. Malcolm Smith and John Sampson sent a...Bank agrees to mediation
Mediation News / 24 June 2009
THE Commonwealth Bank has taken the unprecedented step of trying to settle any individual dispute over its involvement with the collapsed financial planner Storm Financial through a formal mediation scheme. It has done this in an effort to avoid years...Frances Gibb: fur flies over civil justice
Mediation News / 24 June 2009
Fury and feathers are flying in the genteel world of academe — and all over the civil justice system. Clashes witnessed between Lord Woolf, architect of the civil justice reforms of ten years ago, and Professor Dame Hazel Genn over...Legal blog: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Mediation News / 24 June 2009
Extract not available....Chrysler can't make cars without tools, lawyer says
Mediation News / 23 June 2009
(Bloomberg) - Chrysler Group LLC, created out of the best assets from its bankrupt predecessor, can't make new cars until it gets needed tools tied up in legal disputes, a lawyer told a judge in charge of the reorganization. The...Supreme Court Justice expresses worry over court congestion
Mediation News / 23 June 2009
A justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Gabriel Oguntade, has expressed worry over congestion of cases in courts, describing the situation as scandalous and disgraceful in a country which he says boasts of world acclaimed legal luminaries....Judge orders mediation for Fontainebleau, banks
Mediation News / 22 June 2009
By Our Partners at the Las Vegas Sun LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With an unidentified party possibly willing to loan money to the idled Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort, a bankruptcy judge has ordered Fontainebleau and banks it is suing to...Arbitration and Mediation
Arbitration News / 22 June 2009
Arbitration is a legal process through which awards are issued to the disputing parties by arbitrator(s) rather than the court. In 2005, 281 cases were carried out under the umbrella of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). A large...Mediation gains traction
Mediation News / 22 June 2009
Leigh Ann Roberts phone is ringing more these days as businesses and nonprofits are turning to alternative ways to resolve disputes outside the courtroom. An economy in turmoil has given rise to more employer conflicts, she says, and more businesses...Low cost, speed of resolution bolster mediation’s popularity
Mediation News / 22 June 2009
Mediation is becoming more entrenched in Tennessees legal system, and law firms and their clients are shifting gears to get up to speed. The notion of mediation as a matter of regular choice was a rare thing even 15 years...Mediation can save money, time, business relationships
Mediation News / 22 June 2009
Using mediation to resolve business disputes can save time, money and even business relationships, Serv-Pro has found over the past 40 years. The Gallatin-based national cleaning service franchisor has a mediation-first policy written into all its...When Is the Right Time To Mediate?
Mediation News / 20 June 2009
For many years, I, like many other mediators, answered the question of when to mediate something like this: 'It's always the right time to mediate. The cost is modest compared to the overall legal fees, so if there's even the...Baker & McKenzie Moscow Partner Appointed a Vice-Chairman of the ICC Court OF Arbitration
CIArb in the Press / 20 June 2009
Baker + McKenzie LLP Moscow, 17 June 2009 - LawFuel.com - Baker & McKenzie Partner Vladimir Khvalei of the Firm's Moscow office and head of the CIS Dispute Resolution practice group was recently appointed a Vice-Chairman for Russia of the...Baker & McKenzie Moscow Partner Appointed a Vice-Chairman of the ICC Court OF Arbitration
CIArb in the Press / 20 June 2009
'Love contracts' for the workplace
Arbitration News / 18 June 2009
Employees who date one another may soon have to sign a so-called 'love contract' as a trend of office pre-nups increases in the US, says US employment lawyer Stephen Tedesco. Over the past five years many US employers have opted...China, U.S. legal experts exchange mediation ideas
Mediation News / 17 June 2009
More than 60 judges and legal experts from China and the United States started a four-day judicial mediation exchange program on Wednesday to promote mutual understanding in the field. The seminar was held in the Jilin Procurators Training College in...Arbitration/Litigation Partner MOSCOW
Arbitration News / 17 June 2009
This major UK firm already boasts a thriving Moscow office and a well respected litigation capability. The firm seeks to move itself to the next level and seeks a litigation or arbitration heavyweight. You will be active in the region...Anatomy of an Arbitration Disaster
Arbitration News / 17 June 2009
Extract not available....Mediation on the rise as recession bites
CIArb in the Press / 16 June 2009
Mediation is on the rise during the economic downturn as disputes increase and companies find the cost of commercial litigation, and the time involved, prohibitive....A beginners' guide to English: Compact contracts
Adjudication News / 12 June 2009
Extract not available....Finra Panel Doubles Award To Former RBS Securities Trader
Arbitration News / 11 June 2009
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- An arbitration panel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered a Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) unit to pay a former trader more than $2.9 million, after doubling an initial $1.46 million award under...Is Wells Fargo too big to jail?
Arbitration News / 11 June 2009
Everyone wants the economy to bounce bank, and the president's not wrong to believe that the way to revive things is to boost confidence. But if mass confidence is what it's going to take, the people at the bottom of...Woolf to cut defendants’ costs
Mediation News / 11 June 2009
Civil justice reformer says costs have been a retrograde step Lord Woolf has said in an article in the Times that defendants facing disproportionate costs is a “very retrograde step”. “Defendants can face huge, disproportionate and unjust costs. If...CIArb launches VIP members area
CIArb News / 11 June 2009
CIArb has launched a dedicated area on the website for CIArb membersLord Woolf: 'We can do even better'
Mediation News / 11 June 2009
Ten years ago I took on the task of looking at how we could reform our slow and costly civil justice system. The resulting proposals were enshrined in new civil procedure rules (CPR). They were intended to transform, and I...Sharia Law: Coming to An American Law Court Near You?
Arbitration News / 11 June 2009
President Obama has tabbed the former dean of Yale Law School, Harold Koh, to become the legal adviser for the State Department. Among numerous questionable and controversial statements, Koh has said that the “war on terror” -- a term which...Ontario arbitrator orders insurer to produce reserve information to claimant
Arbitration News / 11 June 2009
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that there is 'no protected zone of privacy for adjusting a first-party insurance file,' and thus ordered an insurer to provide reserve information to a claimant pursuing a bad faith claim against it. Analysis of...ADR in mediation drive
Mediation News / 11 June 2009
Mediation provider the ADR Group has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to launch a service to mediate high-value commercial disputes. It brings together 20 leading lawyers and accountants, including Lord Woolf...JAMS Foundation Funds Conflict Resolution Training Initiative for Teachers
Arbitration News / 11 June 2009
- The non-profit JAMS Foundation announced today a $300,000 grant that is funding a two-year initiative that enables Conflict Resolution Education for student teachers and in-service teachers in four major U.S. cities. To operate the initiative, the...Notice From the Law Firm Blum & Silver, LLP to All Aura Financial Services, Inc. Customers Whose Accounts Were Actively Traded
Arbitration News / 10 June 2009
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Securities Law Firm, Blum & Silver, LLP, (http://www.stockattorneys.com) has filed multiple arbitration claims before FINRA, including Case Nos. 09-02049 and 09-02023, on behalf of former Aura customers alleging, amongst other...ICAEW engages lawyers to solve disputes
Mediation News / 10 June 2009
The ICAEW and leading lawyers including Cherie Booth QC and Lord Woolf have formed a mediation group that will bring the expertise of both lawyers and accountants to help resolve business disputes for FTSE 250 companies. The mediation group is...net-ARB selected by Escrow.com to provide Arbitration Services
Arbitration News / 10 June 2009
Leading the way in fast, convenient and affordable online dispute resolution for the 21st Century, net-ARB adds another industry leader to its growing client list. Worldwide online arbitration firm net-ARB.com took another giant stride recently with the...Cereals 2009: Take care on grain contracts, warns NFU
Arbitration News / 10 June 2009
WITH so many grain contracts on offer, farmers need to be careful to go over the details to avoid problems and potential legal action and arbitration hearings, the NFU has warned. Speaking at Cereals today (Wednesday, June 10), NFU combinable...Ecuador Triumphs In $2B Claim Over Electricity Deal
Arbitration News / 10 June 2009
-- Ecuador has prevailed in a nearly $2 billion international arbitration claim challenging its move to expropriate a long-term electricity concession from Empresa Electrica del Ecuador, a company that an Ecuadorian national had claimed control over...Insurer Seeks Mediation In Lubrizol Cleanup Costs Suit
Mediation News / 10 June 2009
-- In a dispute over coverage for Lubrizol Corp.'s share of a Texas Superfund cleanup, Security Insurance Co. of Hartford has asked to send the case to mediation, saying that Lubrizol's recent settlement with Lyondell Chemical Co. will aid in...Goldcorp Loses Nafta Case Against California, Lawyers Say
Arbitration News / 10 June 2009
Goldcorp Inc., Canada’s largest gold mining company, lost its bid for $50 million in compensa... market 2 Goldcorp Inc., Canada’s largest gold mining company, lost its bid for $50 million in compensation it sought because U.S. environmental...Building industry, union in key talks, and other brief reports ...
Mediation News / 09 June 2009
Extract not available....Overcharged for something? Can't get a promised refund? Santa Clara County DA's office offers free mediation
Mediation News / 09 June 2009
Sally Garnett is hardly a cheerleader for the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. After all, prosecutors threw the book at her recently for 'lifting' her housemate's jewelry, she says, landing her in jail for three months. But to her...Cherie Booth turns mediator to cut legal costs for companies
Mediation News / 09 June 2009
Cherie Booth, QC, and Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice, will spearhead a new scheme today aimed at saving big companies millions of pounds in legal costs by settling disputes out of court. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in...Foreclosure Mediation Becomes Mandatory
Mediation News / 08 June 2009
A voluntary foreclosure mediation program has worked so well in the eyes of legislators that the General Assembly pushed through a measure to make the program mandatory starting July 1....Asking for the moon: Construction Act changes
Adjudication News / 08 June 2009
Asking for the moon: Construction Act changes
Adjudication News / 08 June 2009
Extract not available....FirstCity Financial Provides Update On Lawsuit Regarding Demutualization Proceeds
Mediation News / 08 June 2009
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FirstCity Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: FCFC) today announced that on June 4, 2009, the Company received notice of the issuance of an opinion by the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas in FCLT Loans Asset...Century-Old World of International Arbitration Takes on Challenges Posed by the Digital Age
Arbitration News / 08 June 2009
Veteran attorney details complexities of 'e-discovery' in speech before top international arbitrators Sponsored by: RICHMOND, Va., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The streamlined structure of international arbitration enables parties with divergent legal and...Nuclear test veterans win right to sue Government
Mediation News / 08 June 2009
A thousand serviceman who say they suffered ill health because of Britains atomic tests in the Pacific in the 1950s won a crucial High Court victory yesterday that paves the way for them to sue the Ministry of Defence. The...Mousavi's wife threatens to sue Ahmadinejad over 'lies' told in debate
Arbitration News / 08 June 2009
TEHRAN: The wife of Mirhossein Mousavi, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main rival in June 12 polls, threatened on Sunday to sue the incumbent over his remarks in a fiery television debate. Ahmadinejad questioned the educational qualifications of...Nevada Supreme Court drafting foreclosure mediation rules
Mediation News / 07 June 2009
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-The Nevada Supreme Court has begun drafting rules for mediating foreclosure cases, officials said Friday. The state's high court's move comes on the heels of a new state law -- outlined in Assembly Bill 149 --...The Securities Law Firm of Klayman Toskes Files Arbitration Claim Against Citigroup on Behalf of Investors Whose Accounts Were Over-Concentrated in Preferred Financial Stocks
Arbitration News / 06 June 2009
Symbols: BAC, BCS, C, CS, DB, FNM, HBC, ING Print enter symbol enter search string (Source: MARKETWIRE)The Securities Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes ("K&T"), www.nasd-law.com, announced today that it filed an arbitration claim against Citigroup Global...Supreme Court Ruling On Union Agreements Changes EPL Landscape
Arbitration News / 05 June 2009
Employment-related claims could be on the rise after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision determined that a collective-bargaining agreement which “clearly and unmistakably requires union members” to arbitrate age discrimination claims is enforceable...Disputes have Skyrocketed in the Current Economy
Arbitration News / 05 June 2009
Arbitrations are up across the board in a variety of practice areas during these challenging economic times. More people are acting on arbitration clauses in their business contracts. 'Many law firm clients are cutting back on litigation, and focusing on...King & Spalding Wins $133 Million for Clients in International Arbitration
Arbitration News / 05 June 2009
Extract not available....Tebbit: Sharia law 'just like the Krays'
Arbitration News / 05 June 2009
TORY grandee Lord Tebbit last night compared sharia law to the system of arbitration run by the Kray brothers in Londons East End. The former Conservative Party chairmans comment came after Justice Minister Lord Bach told peers people could use...Father-Son Boston Trial Lawyers Co-Author Electronic Discovery Book
Arbitration News / 04 June 2009
BusinessWire - GELB & GELB LLP (www.gelbgelb.com), a Boston, Massachusetts trial law firm, is pleased to announce that Daniel K. Gelb, Esquire and Richard M. Gelb, Esquire, partners of the firm, are co-authors of Massachusetts E-Discovery & Evidence:...Apthorp owners resolve their legal dispute
Arbitration News / 04 June 2009
Africa Israel Investments and Mann Realty announce they have settled their differences over the landmark apartments, now managed by the Feil Organization. After an ugly, public battle over control of the famed Apthorp apartment building that almost...Court upholds massive arbitration award
Arbitration News / 04 June 2009
Extract not available....California Court Enforces Employee's Waiver and Orders Arbitration of Unpaid Vacation
Arbitration News / 04 June 2009
Reversing an order denying the employers motion to compel arbitration, the California Court of Appeal has held that a former employee waived his right to an administrative hearing for alleged unpaid vacation in his arbitration agreement with the...Australia: Security Of Payment Act: How ‘Mandatory’ Are The Mandatory Requirements? - DLA Phillips Fox
Adjudication News / 04 June 2009
Builder's battle to be paid for work on landmark sites in Cirencester
Adjudication News / 04 June 2009
Builder's battle to be paid for work on landmark sites in Cirencester
Adjudication News / 04 June 2009
Comments (0) Have your say » THE building firm responsible for the renovation of two landmark Cirencester sites has launched a legal battle to be paid for the work. SG South Ltd was hired to develop the Corn Hall and...Supreme Court refuses to hear payday loan case appeal
Arbitration News / 03 June 2009
Extract not available....Former Ont. judge enlisted to mediate N.L. breast cancer testing error lawsuit
Mediation News / 03 June 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former Ontario judge will oversee the mediation of a class action lawsuit launched after hundreds of breast cancer tests were botched in Newfoundland and Labrador. George Adams, a former Ontario Superior Court...United Kingdom: The Declining Status Of The Notice Of Adjudication - Shadbolt LLP
Adjudication News / 03 June 2009
United States: Is A Mandatory Arbitration Provision In Website Terms Of Use Agreement With A Unilateral Modification Right Enforceable? Northern District Of Texas Says No - Goodwin Procter LLP
Arbitration News / 03 June 2009
In a decision that could have important implications for all companies with an online presence, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently held that an arbitration provision in a website user agreement that reserved a website...N.B. to try mediation pilot project to settle family legal disputes
Mediation News / 03 June 2009
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Arbitration News / 03 June 2009
MORE than 100 members of the Bahrain British Business Forum attended the group's first breakfast meeting to hear top UK lawyers speak on building connections with the kingdom. The delegation from the Bar Council of England and Wales was led...Stay Of Arbitration Upheld In VCG-Citigroup CDS Suit
Arbitration News / 02 June 2009
-- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has pulled ahead in a battle over credit default swaps with hedge fund VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., now that a federal court has upheld a ruling to stay arbitration between the two pending...Negotiate your way to success
Mediation News / 02 June 2009
In the current economic climate, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods are increasingly being used as an alternative to costly litigation. Skilled mediators are particularly valued in many firms, especially in light of new legislation in the...Notice From the Securities Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes to All Banc of America Customers Who Purchased Collateralized Debt Obligations
Arbitration News / 02 June 2009
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A FINRA arbitration claim, Case No. 09-02485, has been filed by a former Banc of America (NYSE:BAC - News) broker against the firm, alleging that Banc of America improperly promoted sales of risky products, including Collateralized...Ternium ponders legal actions over nationalizat...
Arbitration News / 02 June 2009
Last week, President Hugo Chávez ordered the nationalization of a group of companies, including three units of the Argentinean consortium Techint Related Articles Economy Ternium steel group, which is controlled by Argentina's Techint, said on Thursday...Battle over tobacco fees still smokin'
Arbitration News / 01 June 2009
In a long-awaited order, 58th District Judge Bob Wortham declined to disqualify arbitrators selected by the plaintiffs and defendants in Walter Umphrey P.C., et al. v. Brent W. Coon, et al., a fight over attorneys fees stemming from the 1997...Law Firm of David R. Chase, P.A., Headed by Former SEC Prosecutor, Files Investor Arbitration Claim for Over-Concentration in Preferred Securities of Financial Companies and Excessive Trading Against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Arbitration News / 01 June 2009
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Law Firm of David R. Chase, P.A., http://www.davidchaselaw.com, headed by former Securities and Exchange Commission Prosecutor and Special Assistant United States Attorney, David R. Chase, announces that it has filed an...