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Arbitration Law – One Issue Settled, Another Issue Still Percolating

Editor: Mr. Oberman, will you give our readers some idea of your professional background? Oberman: I have been at Kramer Levin since September 1973, where I am now a litigation partner and head of our ADR Practice Group. Previously, I clerked for Judge Milton Pollack in the Southern District of...

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Promoting Best Practices In Arbitration: The Case For Neutrality In Tripartite Arbitration Panels

Editor: You recently authored a chapter in the Aspatore/Thomson/Reuters book, The Role of Ethics in ADR, entitled "Promoting and Preserving Neutrality and Impartiality in ADR." Please tell our readers about your professional background and what led to your participation in this...

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Break Out Those Arbitration Agreements: United States Supreme Court Issues Another Pro-Arbitration Decision

The United States Supreme Court last year held in Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds Int’l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010), that parties could not be compelled to submit class antitrust claims to class arbitration when the arbitration clauses in their agreements were silent on the question of class...

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