One of the world’s most decorated arbitrators — described by Chambers as “a legend” and “preeminent” — joins FedArb’s panel following a 40-year career at the forefront of international dispute resolution. May 5, 2026 – FedArb is pleased to announce that R. Doak Bishop has joined its panel. Mr. Bishop is one of the most… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from The New York Law Journal. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article. Lawyers devote enormous time and care to crafting briefs. They refine arguments, polish language, and anticipate counterpoints. Yet even the most carefully written submission cannot fully answer a critical question: how… Read more »
Veteran litigator and trusted advisor to global corporations takes on newly created role to strengthen FedArb’s engagement with leading law firms and in-house counsel in the nation’s most consequential legal market. April 7, 2026 — New York – FedArb today announced that Kurt Hansson, a longtime partner in Paul Hastings’ Complex Litigation and Arbitration practice,… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from the February 18, 2026 issue of The New York Law Journal. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article. Imagine that you are a pilot, physician, lawyer, accountant, engineer, military commander, plumber, teacher, or anyone whose job is to make decisions. Now imagine that… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from the February 13, 2026 issue of The New York Law Journal. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article.. Mediator’s proposals have long occupied a contested space in mediation practice. For some neutrals, they are an indispensabletool for breaking impasse; for others, they raise… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from the January 16, 2026 issue of The New York Law Journal. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article.. As the impacts of our changing climate become more apparent, litigation has emerged as one of the primary tools for holding fossil fuel companies and… Read more »
This article originally published in the Connecticut Law Tribune. Click here for the PDF. The American Bar Association recently issued Formal Opinion 518 addressing the ethical obligations of lawyers serving as third-party neutral mediators. While the Model Rules of Professional Conduct have long included provisions governing lawyer-mediators, Opinion 518 interprets those existing rules to address,… Read more »
This article originally published in the Daily Journal. Click here for the PDF. The SEC now allows mandatory arbitration in IPOs, reshaping litigation risk for public issuers, raising governance and insurance questions, and making expert, well-structured arbitration crucial for fair, efficient resolution of securities disputes. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s September 2025 policy shift… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from the October 28, 2025 issue of the New York Law Journal. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article. Experienced lawyers are creatures of habit. They sometimes overlook that clients have the freedom at any time to design dispute resolution procedures that work best… Read more »
Reprinted with permission from the September 30, 2025 issue of Law.com. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Download a PDF of this article. In complex disputes, mediators sometimes fall into the trap of rushing too quickly toward numbers—talking demands, offers, and bottom lines before the mediation has even had a chance to… Read more »
This article originally published in NYU Law’s Democracy Project. Click here for the PDF. In this essay for the Democracy Project, FedArb panelist David F. Levi looks back on his time mediating a dispute for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant permit in New Mexico. He shares how citizen groups, government officials and contractors worked together… Read more »
This article originally published in the New York Law Journal. Click here for the PDF. Mediating every case requires digging into the case, active listening to the parties, good communication and sensitivity on the part of the mediator. But the billion-dollar case or even those involving multiple hundreds of millions of dollars are often company-threatening… Read more »
This article originally published in the New York Law Journal. Click here for the PDF. When I began practicing securities litigation nearly 40 years ago, the landscape was vastly different. Accounting fraud dominated the headlines, plaintiffs’ firms were relatively few and far between, repeat plaintiffs were common, class actions were quickly filed with little pre-suit… Read more »
August 27, 2025 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Steven M. Greenspan, Esq. has joined its panel. Based in Connecticut, Mr. Greenspan specializes in Complex Litigation, Class Actions, Corporate Governance, Employment and Labor Law, Environmental and Regulatory, Product Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation and Securities disputes. Mr. Greenspan’s extensive experience in both the private… Read more »
This article originally published in the Legal Intelligencer. Click here for the PDF. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming de rigueur in the legal community, with law firms and lawyers independently utilizing a variety of AI resources to streamline research, formulate documents and digest discovery, exhibits, depositions and fee details. In arbitration, AI may expedite proceedings… Read more »
July 23, 2025 – FedArb, a leading provider of ADR services and known for its elite panel of experts and former federal judges, is pleased to announce a significant ownership transition. Kennen D. Hagen, the company’s current CEO, will assume full ownership and control, as the company undergoes a strategic recapitalization. This move enables Mr…. Read more »
Recently Judge Susan G. Braden, retired Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and a FedArb panelist, met with the American Bar Association and the following delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Commercial Arbitration Centre: Majed M Garoub, Chairman of the Advisory Committee; Dr. Kamal Al-Hamad, a Member of the… Read more »
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