Stephen Fahlsing, Author at FedArb

Advantages and Disadvantages of Arbitration vs. The Court April 13, 2021

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EXPLORE CONSIDERATIONS IN DECIDING BETWEEN ARBITRATION AND COURT FROM THREE OF FEDARB’S FEDERAL JUDGES

Explore consideration in deciding between Arbitration and the Court from three of FedArb's Federal Judges Join us on Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 at 12:00PM EST / 9:00AM PST and learn important practice pointers from these distinguished retired federal Judges. "Advantages and Disadvantages of Arbitration vs. The Court" Flexibility - Discovery - Evidentiary Rules - Cost - Appeal... Read more »

INNOVATIVE ADR LEADER ELPIDIO “PD” VILLARREAL JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is proud to announce that Elpidio “PD” Villarreal has joined its panel. He will be based in New York and serve as an arbitrator, mediator and oversee corporate investigations. Mr. Villarreal is a seasoned litigator with 35 years of practical dispute resolution experience. Previously, he served as a partner at a major law firm,... Read more »

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATOR CEDRIC CHAO JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is proud to announce that Cedric Chao has joined its panel. He will be based in Northern California and serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master. Prior to joining FedArb, Mr. Chao served as the U.S. head of the DLA Piper’s International Arbitration practice and before that, as a partner at Morrison &... Read more »

What I Learned at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation

As a federal judge, my exposure to mediation was the traditional method of having the mediator shuttle back and forth between the parties (and their lawyers), in private sessions --often lasting more than a day. Shortly after I retired, I had lunch with Ken Feinberg, one of the most famous and successful alternative dispute resolution... Read more »

FORMER ARIZONA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SCOTT BALES JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is proud to announce that Hon. Scott Bales (Ret.) has joined its panel. He will be based in Arizona and serve as an arbitrator, mediator and participate in mock trials and internal investigations. He specializes in business/commercial disputes, as well as disputes involving water rights, Tribal rights, and insurance, professional liability and partnership issues.... Read more »

RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATOR CELSO DE AZEVEDO, ESQ. JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is proud to announce that Celso De Azevedo, Esq. has joined its panel. He is based in London and New York and will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and participate in mock trials. He specializes in resolving business/commercial, cyber, energy, insurance/reinsurance, intellectual property, privacy, regulatory and technology disputes. Mr. De Azevedo has extensive experience... Read more »

Growing Trend of Business Interruption Claims Webinar

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TOP NEW ORLEANS ATTORNEY A.J. KROUSE, ESQ. JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is proud to announce that A.J. Krouse, Esq. has joined its panel. He is based in New Orleans and will specialize in resolving disputes related to business/commercial, construction, e-discovery, health care, labor and employment, maritime and mass torts/class actions. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator, special master and participate in mock trials and... Read more »

FEDARB ANNOUNCES NEW MDL ADVISORY BOARD

FedArb is pleased to announce that it has created an advisory board of some of the leading practitioners involved in multidistrict litigation (MDL). This advisory board will work with leaders in the judiciary, academia and FedArb‘s MDL practitioners to contribute their experience, wisdom and leadership to foster and develop best practices to achieve superior results... Read more »

FedArb Video Mediation Webinar 2

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FORMER U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGE TIMOTHY K. LEWIS JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Hon. Timothy K. Lewis (Former) has joined its panel. He will specialize in resolving disputes related to appellate, business/commercial, corporate investigations and employment/labor matters. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and participate in mock trials and corporate investigations. Before entering private practice, Judge Lewis served on the U.S.... Read more »

How Confidential Are Mediation Communications? – Judge Raymond T. Lyons

MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 “Confidentiality is an important feature of the mediation and other alternative dispute resolution processes. Promising participants confidentiality in these proceedings promotes the free flow of information that may result in the settlement of a dispute.” “Were courts to cavalierly set aside confidentiality restrictions on disclosure of communications made in the context... Read more »

Mediations Forever Changed – Judge Vaughn Walker

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 Seeing the advantage of using videoconferencing, I’m convinced that, in mediations, we’re not going to back to status quo after COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place orders under which most of us have been living have changed many aspects of our lives. Although not the most significant change in the larger... Read more »

FedArb Video Mediation Webinar

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Getting Real About Discovery in Arbitrations

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2020 Arbitration is not like litigation. Among the ways they differ is the way in which discovery is treated. Because of the revolutionary impact on our business and personal lives of electronic communications, modern-day discovery is often an exercise in discovering, managing, and using electronic data. In addition, because of the relative... Read more »

Deal-Dispute Mediating: A Former Deal-Maker’s Perspective

James Freund Mediator FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020 This is prime territory for mediation—especially because it’s not easy for judges or arbitrators to resolve disputed issues of business judgment, nor may they impose on the situation the kind of resourceful business solutions that the parties can hopefully fashion with the mediator’s assistance. Most of the business... Read more »

Implications of the ‘Data Fiduciary’ Provision in the Proposed New York Privacy Act

Joseph DeMarco Mediator, Special Discovery Master MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020 The proposed New York Privacy Act (NYPA), currently pending before the state legislature, could significantly contribute to the trend of stronger state data privacy laws appearing nationwide. While it has many core elements of other recent state data privacy legislation, such as California’s Consumer Privacy... Read more »

T-MOBILE/SPRINT MONITORING TRUSTEE TED ULLYOT JOINS FEDARB

FedArb is thrilled to announce that Ted Ullyot has joined its panel. He will specialize in resolving disputes related to antitrust, appellate, monitoring, regulatory compliance and telecommunication matters. Mr. Ullyot has been appointed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to serve as the monitoring trustee for T-Mobile’s $26 billion merger with... Read more »

FEDARB EXPANDS INTO UK WITH TWO BRITISH NEUTRALS

FedArb is pleased to announce two new international panelists have joined the panel, adding timely and new expertise to the panel. Dean Armstrong QC and Richard Wilson QC bring impressive expertise in a variety of areas and establish a formative presence in the UK. A highly experienced practitioner, Mr. Armstrong has been involved in some... Read more »

Another arbitration service – FedArb – establishes new mass arbitration protocol

(Reuters) - With high-profile companies like Postmates, DoorDash, DraftKings and FanDuel tangling with the American Arbitration Association over AAA's fee requirements in thousands of individual arbitrations filed against the companies, smaller arbitration services are sensing an opportunity. I told you last month about new rules adopted by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution,... Read more »

FEDARB ESTABLISHES A MASS EMPLOYMENT ARBITRATION FRAMEWORK

Palo Alto, Calif. – FedArb has created a framework for dealing with individual employment claims subject to a common arbitration clause. The framework is ideal for companies using a standard arbitration clause in its employment agreements. It provides individual arbitrations at a fixed price and establishes a panel to deal with issues common to all... Read more »

Judge Vaughn Walker: Life After Life Tenure

A former colleague of mine, the late William H. Orrick, Jr. always described the position of federal district judge as the “best damn job in the world.” He said it so emphatically that his statement commanded agreement. Plus, in many ways, it’s true. So, why would any sensible person lucky enough to have attained that... Read more »

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 »

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