Sentences with phrase «at arbitration often»

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He is at home acting with a leader or as sole counsel and has often appeared against silks, both in court and in arbitration.

Given that many business contracts call for either mediation or arbitration, or both at different times, often sequentially, it is important for businesses to understand how they differ.

In divorce cases where at least some level of arbitration is required, for instance in determining the fair division of assets or regarding child ren arrangements, couples will often proceed with their divorce in the public court system.

In state court and arbitration, the trial judge or the arbiter often encourages the parties to exchange trial exhibit documents and agree on their admissibility or at least focus on meaningful objections for only a few documents.

Once constituted, the tribunal will invite parties to the first procedural hearing at the (usually neutral) seat of hearing (often jurisdictions with favorable arbitration laws and culture such as New York, London, Paris, Geneva and Singapore), where the calendar and procedural order for the next steps will be established.

It is often asserted that the advantages of arbitration should not be purchased at the cost of substantive legal accuracy.

Mr. Shafir focuses his practice on two areas at the cutting edge of California law: (1) the law of protected speech, including the First Amendment, defamation, California's anti-SLAPP statute, and the litigation privilege; and (2) the defense of class and representative actions, often through resisting class certification efforts or the enforcement of arbitration agreements.

The associates enjoy the chance to work on depositions, negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations while first - year associates at other firms often spend their time on research projects and document review.

Anders is a regular contributor to professional publications, and is often asked to deliver speeches on various topics related to commercial dispute resolution, as well as regularly giving lectures on arbitration at Stockholm University Law School.

The adversarial system can discourage proportionality in arbitration and result in over-formalized or «legalistic» processes that are far removed from the often straightforward workplace problem at issue.

Recognizing that commercial realties often demand a settlement be obtained in our client's interest prior to trial when possible, our practitioners are skilled at traditional negotiation techniques and the use of alternative dispute resolution strategies including mediation and arbitration.

For those who are not aficionados of Chinese foreign - related dispute resolution, Judge Gao (who often appears at UNCITRAL or international arbitration related conferences or seminars) outside as well as inside mainland China, is a formidable presence in the courtroom.

Negotiators who have spent days or months trying to secure a contract will be understandably hesitant to jeopardise successful negotiation of the substantive terms with blunt talk about unpalatable topics like breach of contract, remedies and how and where the defaulter should be brought to justice etc, and many arbitration clauses are tacked on — often at 3 am — without much, if any, thought being given to the wisdom of selecting arbitration at all.

Since ODR platforms can, and often do, have built - in mechanisms to allow for a conflict to move on to the next stage of conflict resolution (in a negotiation - mediation - arbitration situation, for example) at the request of either party, any argument claiming that ODR slows down the process seems difficult to uphold.

Similarly, at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which handles major investment treaty disputes often governed by bilateral investment treaties (BIT), oil, gas and mining accounted for 26 % of its disputes, while construction, power, water and transportation accounted for a further 37 % of its arbitration hearings.

Arbitration can be less costly because at trial, a tremendous amount of time is spent waiting around for your case to get reached, whereas at an arbitration, it is just your case before the arbitrator, and this is often a much more efficient proceeding, even though you are paying a third professional (i.e., the arbitrator).