Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Anthony Candido | Clifford Chance

As arbitration clauses have become more common in commercial contracts, many parties have discovered that arbitration is not as streamlined or as inexpensive as they had hoped. Among other things, arbitral panels in the United States are increasingly willing to permit wide-ranging discovery from...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Theodore R. Posner | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Editor: Ted, please tell our readers about your background and your practice. Posner: After graduation from law school in 1994, I clerked for Judge Wilfred Feinberg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. I entered private practice for a period of a little more than three years. I...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Glenn G. Lammi, Andrew Pincus, Evan Tager | Washington Legal Foundation

Lammi: AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (Concepcion) is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that many in the plaintiffs’ bar criticize as the most harmful case in the history of consumer protection, as it could end all class action suits. The Court ruled by a five-to-four vote that the Federal...