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What the latest ruling tells us about the future of Mass Arbitrations

The Ninth Circuit ruled that Starz Entertainment LLC can’t be forced to individually arbitrate 7,300 video-privacy claims. The consumers had alleged the company unlawfully shared their personal information with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC. The court wrote that the ADR provider, not Starz, made the decision to consolidate the arbitrations. In this video FedArb... Read more »

FedArb Updates Its Mass Arbitration Rules for 2025

January 22, 2025 – FedArb announced it updated its consumer and employment MDL-styled Mass Arbitration rules. The latest changes are designed to follow the best practices of the federal rules and eliminate procedural or substantive unconscionability issues. FedArb’s updated rules add a robust affirmation requirement that tracks FRCP Rule 11 “reasonable inquiry” standard and makes... Read more »

Retired Seventh Circuit Judge and ALI Director Diane Wood Joins FedArb

January 7, 2025 – FedArb is pleased to announce Hon. Diane P. Wood (Ret.) has joined its panel. Based in Illinois, Judge Wood is a widely respected appellate judge who served for nearly 30 years on the Seventh Circuit. From 2013 to 2020, she was the Circuit’s Chief Judge, the first woman to serve in... Read more »

Retired San Diego Federal Judge Larry Burns Joins FedArb

October 29, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Hon. Larry Burns (Ret.) has joined its panel. Based in Southern California, he is a widely respected trial lawyer and federal judge, who served for nearly 30 years on the U.S. District Court in Southern California, including two years as Chief Judge. He also litigated more... Read more »

Leading Australian IP Neutral Hon. Dr. Annabelle Bennett (Ret.) AC SC Joins FedArb

October 23, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Hon. Dr. Annabelle Bennett (Ret.) AC SC has joined its panel. Based in Australia, she studied law and practiced as a barrister for nearly 25 years, where she developed a specialty in intellectual property and now practices as a mediator and an arbitrator. She has also worked... Read more »

Intellectual Property Mediator William L. Mentlik Joins FedArb

July 23, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce that William L. Mentlik has joined its panel. Based in Southern California and New Jersey, Mr. Mentlik is one of the preeminent mediators who has resolved complicated, international patent portfolio licensing disputes, including disputes over Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) licensing rates involving Standard Essential Patents... Read more »

Top Energy Attorney Robert Fleishman Joins FedArb

April 2, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Robert Fleishman has joined its panel. Based in Washington, D.C., he has a stellar reputation for advising companies on the energy regulatory and compliance aspects of transactions and other energy market activities. He has also defended energy and financial industry participants and individuals in energy markets against... Read more »

Commercial Division Retired Justice Elizabeth Emerson joins FedArb

March 14, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Justice Elizabeth Emerson has joined its panel. Based in New York, she previously served on the Chief Judge’s Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st century. Justice Emerson’s expertise in commercial litigation makes her exceptionally well-qualified to assist parties in resolving disputes through arbitration, mediation... Read more »

Former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien joins FedArb

March 5, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Ambassador Robert O’Brien has joined its panel. Based in Los Angeles and Utah, he previously served as the National Security Advisor to the President after serving as the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. He will serve as a mediator and special master, focused on resolving... Read more »

Retired Justice of Commercial Division Barry Ostrager Joins FedArb

January 9, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce Justice Barry Ostrager has joined its panel. Based in New York, he previously served as a New York State Supreme Court Justice in the Commercial Division for eight years. Justice Ostrager will focus on resolving high-profile securities, antitrust, insurance coverage and commercial disputes. Prior to his... Read more »

FedArb and WIPO Announce Collaboration on Intellectual Property Disputes

December 13, 2023 – FedArb and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center have announced they have jointly developed a set of standard dispute resolution clauses tailored for technology companies to use in their contracts. These model clauses can be found here. These clauses enable litigants to combine WIPO’s comprehensive, best-in-class rules with FedArb’s 120 arbitrators... Read more »

Former J&J Deputy Counsel Joseph G. Braunreuther joins FedArb

December 7, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Joseph G. Braunreuther has joined its panel. Based in New York and Florida, he previously served as the Deputy General Counsel at Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Braunreuther will serve as a mediator and special master, focused on resolving Business/ Commercial, Class Actions, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceutical,... Read more »

Renowned MDL Federal Judge Eduardo C. Robreno joins FedArb

November 28, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Hon. Eduardo Robreno (Ret) has joined its panel. Based in Philadelphia, he currently serves as an arbitrator, mediator, special master, corporate monitor and a court-appointed neutral. Judge Robreno will also spend significant time working in Miami and will resolve matters related to antitrust, bankruptcy, class... Read more »

FedArb Updates Its Mass Arbitration Rules

Motion for failure of claimants to meet their contractual prefiling obligations or failure to state a claim can be brought before paying filing fees. Filing fees reduced to $100 per claimant. November 14, 2023 – FedArb announced it updated its consumer and employment Mass Arbitration rules to resolve mass arbitrations more efficiently, and to provide... Read more »

Renowned International Arbitrator Oscar Cruz Barney of Mexico joins FedArb

November 9, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Oscar Cruz Barney, one of the leading arbitrators and mediators in Mexico, has joined its international panel. Based in Mexico City, Cruz Barney’s practice will focus on arbitration and mediation in cross-border disputes, including in the commercial, energy, consumer products and intellectual property areas. He... Read more »

Hon. Susan Braden Appointed to ABA Task Force on AI

September 27, 2023 – FedArb is proud to announce that Hon. Susan Braden has been named to the Advisory Council of the American Bar Association’s Law and Artificial Intelligence Task Force. As the largest lawyer and law student organization in the world, the ABA and its artificial intelligence advisors will help the legal community identify the... Read more »

Tennessee Judge Bernice Donald joins FedArb

July 25, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Hon. Bernice Donald has joined its panel as an arbitrator, mediator, special master and advisor for mock trials and monitorships. Based in Tennessee, Judge Donald will focus her practice on resolving bankruptcy, class actions, commercial litigation, employment, insurance, intellectual property, pharmaceutical and trade secrets disputes,... Read more »

Former Arizona chief justice to mediate between California and tribes

The tribes claim Gov. Gavin Newson violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in negotiations over reviewing their casino gaming compacts. Four tribes and the state of California have agreed to allow former Arizona Chief Justice W. Scott Bales to mediate their long-running disputes over renewing gaming compacts. Bales served two years as Arizona’s solicitor general… Read more »

NMED, DOE and Salado Isolation Mining Reach settlement

July 7, 2023 – FedArb is proud to announce that Hon. David Levi helped to resolve a major environmental dispute in New Mexico. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Salado Isolation Mining Contractors LLC (SIMCO), successfully negotiated a settlement agreement with multiple parties that requested... Read more »

Former Litigation Leader Steven Schatz joins FedArb

June 13, 2023 – FedArb is pleased to announce that Steven Schatz has joined its panel as an arbitrator and mediator. Based in Northern California, Mr. Schatz will focus his practice on resolving commercial litigation, with a specialty in private equity fund disputes, insurance, M&A and securities disputes. During his nearly 40 years with Wilson... Read more »

Webinar: Ukraine and Reparations – An Update and a Call to Action for California International Arbitrators
From California International Arbitration Week 2023

On November 14, 2022, the UN General Assembly passed an historic resolution calling for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine and establishing an international mechanism to compensate Ukrainians for their damages as well as a register to document evidence and claims. The Ukraine government has invited Columbia Law School International Claims and Reparations Project... Read more »

Hon. Timothy Garcia (Ret.) Joins FedArb

December 7, 2022 – FedArb is excited to announce that Hon. Timothy Garcia, has joined its 120-member ADR panel as an arbitrator and neutral evaluator. He brings more than 35 years of legal experience including being both a trial court judge and an appellate court judge in the New Mexico state court system. Judge Garcia... Read more »

The Human Dimension

Former US judge Jeremy Fogel is passionate about giving disputants a chance to be heard November 25, 2022 – Retired federal Judge Jeremy D. Fogel isn't ready to quit his day job as the executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, but he is enjoying the hands-on opportunity to help people resolve their disputes a... Read more »

Hon. Kathleen O’Malley (Ret.) Joins FedArb in Washington, D.C.

November 16, 2022 – FedArb is excited to announce that Hon. Kathleen O’Malley, has joined its 120-member ADR panel as an arbitrator and mediator. Based in Washington, D.C., Judge O’Malley will focus her practice on intellectual property, patent, antitrust and complex civil litigation matters. Prior to joining FedArb Judge O’Malley served as a federal judge... Read more »