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June 2025 saw opinions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressing issues including the authority of a court to dismiss a case that had been stayed pending an arbitration and the sequence of decision-making when a...more
On May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) new amendments to the Consumer Arbitration Rules officially went into effect. While not a complete overhaul, the revisions impact many of the existing rules while...more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently rolled out significant updates to its Consumer Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, which took effect on May 1, 2025. These changes reflect AAA’s continued commitment...more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced revisions to its Consumer Arbitration Rules effective May 1, 2025. The revised rules can be found here and the AAA’s announcement of the rules here. Prior to amending...more
On 1/15/25, the IRS announced three pilot programs to test changes to existing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs. The new IRS Pilot Mediation Programs are designed to help taxpayers resolve tax disputes earlier...more
Florida’s Second district court of appeal recently issued another opinion in the long line of decisions to determine the gatekeeping question of arbitration under the Revised Florida Arbitration Code, §§ 682.01, Fla. Stat.,...more
In a recent ruling, a California appeals court found an arbitration agreement with an eyewear store employee that was presented on a take-it-or-leave-it basis required an arbitrator to apply the laws of another state,...more
In England & Wales proceedings are subject to a series of "Pre-Action Protocols" which set out the steps a Court would expect parties to take prior to commencing proceedings. The Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols applies to...more
The risk of a large verdict has always been a major factor in any litigation. In recent years, the potential for a punitive damages instruction reaching a jury and a consequent verdict has grown as well. US juries have not...more
The Court of Appeal’s hotly anticipated decision in James Churchill v. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has been handed down. It holds that courts have the power to stay proceedings for, or order, parties to engage in a...more
In the last few years, I have been fortunate to have attorneys and their clients trust me as their mediator in a significant number of high-exposure negligent security cases. Negligent security cases can offer a variety of...more
This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more
At the time of this writing, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm, and legal issues abound. Artists are suing AI art-generating companies for copyright infringement. Getty Images is suing for...more
Two years ago, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit upended decades’ worth of precedent by categorically forbidding incentive payments to class representatives in class action settlements...more
Mediation is globally recognized as an effective dispute resolution mechanism. A trained mediator can assist apparently diametrically opposed parties in finding a resolution that avoids the time and costs of court...more
Imagine receiving an arbitration award in favor of your client. You move to confirm the award, and the award is vacated because the parties failed to mediate prior to arbitration. That is exactly what happened in Burke v....more
This Court of Appeal ruling considers the ambit of existing exceptions to the ‘without prejudice’ rule. The defendant was successful in getting statements made in ‘without prejudice’ mediation position papers admitted in...more
Trust and estate litigators, and mediators, are buzzing over a recent decision from the California Court of Appeal that validates mandatory mediation of trust disputes. In Breslin v. Breslin (Case No. B301382, decided...more
The Honorable David B. Saxe (Ret.), neutral with NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation), discusses the ways that his experience as a judge and a lawyer inform his ability as a neutral; the advantages of alternative dispute...more
On September 17, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a bombshell decision: A court may not award an incentive fee to a class representative. This is surprising, if not shocking, as it is standard...more
Insurance policies often contain “limitation-of-action” or suit limitation provisions, which contractually reduce the statute of limitations for an insured to assert a claim against an insurer. Depending on the state, such...more
The Court of Appeals has new COVID-19 procedures for its voluntary appellate mediation program. The full document is here, but highlights include: 1.For mediation deadlines that fall between March 27 and April 30, parties...more
In an unpublished opinion, Bander v. Isaacson, 2020 WL 1744539 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2020), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed whether the Bankruptcy and District Courts had properly required potential litigants...more
On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the court with jurisdiction over Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, handed down a decision that invalidates certain provisions in arbitration...more
In this installment of Jones Day's continuing series of videos focusing on tax disputes, partner and tax litigator Chuck Hodges explains the Appeals Judicial Approach and Culture ("AJAC") Project's rules and procedures and...more