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RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGE CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Hon. Christopher F. Droney (Ret.) has joined the panel. He will be based in Connecticut and specialize in resolving disputes related to antitrust, class actions, employment/labor, insurance, intellectual property (trademark & copyright), securities/financial services and trade secret matters. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator, special discovery master and oversee... Read more »

FORMER CPR PRESIDENT NOAH HANFT, ESQ. JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Noah Hanft, Esq. has joined its panel and will be based in New York. He will specialize in resolving antitrust, civil rights, construction, contracts, employment/labor, insurance/reinsurance, intellectual property, real estate and securities disputes. Mr. Hanft is the former president and CEO of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and... Read more »

RETIRED U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE HON. WILLIAM S. DUFFEY JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Hon. William S. Duffey (Ret.) has joined the panel as arbitrator, mediator and special discovery master and will be based in Atlanta, Ga. He will focus on resolving antitrust, attorney fee/malpractice, banking/lender liability, civil rights, contracts, Corporate investigations/white collar, e-discovery, employment/labor, environmental/CERCLA, insurance/reinsurance, intellectual property (trademark & copyright), MDL,... Read more »

RETIRED FEDERAL CHIEF JUDGE DONALD BLACK JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Hon. Donald Black (Ret.) has joined the panel. He will be based in California and specialize in appellate, attorney fee/malpractice, business/commercial, civil rights, employment/labor, product liability, real estate and securities/financial service disputes. Judge Black served for more than 20 years on the Fresno County Superior Court. He was a... Read more »

RETIRED FEDERAL CHIEF JUDGE RUBEN CASTILLO JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Hon. Ruben Castillo (Ret.) has joined the panel. He will be based in Chicago, New York and Miami. Judge Castillo served as the chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois from 2013 until 2019. He was also the first Latino federal judge in Illinois. He will specialize in... Read more »

FEDARB UPDATES ARBITRATION RULES

FedArb, one of the country’s leading ADR providers, announced today that it has revised and updated its arbitration rules to reflect best practices and critical success factors from hundreds of its own managed arbitrations and “best of” content from law conferences, professional associations and other arbitration groups. “FedArb continues to listen closely to our clients... Read more »

Fairer, Faster, Better: An Empirical Assessment of Employment Arbitration

Contrary to the media bashing arbitration of employment disputes, a recent Chamber of Commerce study finds it is employees--not the companies--that benefit from arbitration. Specifically: when cases proceeded to adjudication, plaintiffs, who almost always were employees, were more likely to prevail in arbitration than in litigation. During 2014- 18, in decided cases, employee-plaintiffs prevailed in... Read more »

Succeeding at Mediation

Chief Judge Ruben Castillo and Chief Judge Vaughn Walker discuss Succeeding at Mediation. Chicago office of Jenner & Block. Your Name Email Address* Protected Area This content is password-protected. Please verify with a password to unlock the content. Enter your password Unlock

Michelle Lee testified before Congress on intellectual property

Michelle Lee testified before Congress on intellectual property and the need to encourage women to participate in STEM, intellectual property, and patents. /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FedARB.mp4

FedArb Announces that Lloyd’s Market Association New ADR Provision Requires the Chair to Be a Former Federal Court Judge

January 9, 2019 FedArb, a leading Alternative Dispute Resolution firm based in Palo Alto, announces that Lloyd's has released a Model Arbitration Clause that Provides for Chairperson to be a Retired Federal Court Judge. On December 20th, Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) published its model arbitration clause (LMA 5344) to its North America Casualty Reinsurance Business... Read more »

M&A Reps & Warranties

M&A Reps & Warranties: FedArb's CEO discusses the use of insurance to backstop Representations and Warranties and ADR issues in resolving these disputes. /wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KennenHagenClip3.mp4

Arbitration of Data Breaches

Arbitration of Data Breaches: FedArb's CEO discusses ADR in resolving Data Privacy disputes and the benefits of arbitration agreements to resolve claims. /wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KennenHagenClip1.mp4

FEDARB HELPS DRIVE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN CALIFORNIA

FedArb, a nation-wide provider of arbitration, mediation, and other services, notes that on July 18, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law SB 766, which allows non-California attorneys to appear in international arbitrations conducted in the State of California. As the Legislative Analyst explains: This bill would permit an individual who is not admitted to practice... Read more »

Mock Trials

Mock Trials: FedArb’s CEO discusses how clients take advantage of mock trials to improve their chances at litigation. /wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Kennen-Hagen-Clip-2-Cyber-Security-and-Data-Privacy-Roundtable-June-2018.mp4

Ninth Circuit Confirms FedArb’s Vaughn Walker’s Settlement in HP Autonomy Securities Derivative Litigation

Palo Alto, CA -- The Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion affirming the settlement mediated by former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California. The settlement arose out of a shareholder derivative action filed in federal court seeking to impose liability on HP's directors for alleged breaches of the duties owed to... Read more »

FEDARB LEADS AN ARBITRATION PANEL AT THE 2017 ACC ANNUAL MEETING

Federal Arbitration, Inc.’s General Counsel, Marian Scheuer, led a panel titled, “Can Arbitration Clauses Save Money?” at the 2017 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in Washington DC, Oct 15-18, 2017. The conference is the industry lodestar for in-house counsel, and is well attended by in-house counsel, law firms and contract service providers in... Read more »