International Arbitration
International Arbitration and Discovery Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782
June 4, 2013
S.I. Strong, Associate Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri recently authored, Discovery Under 28 U.S.C. §1782: Distinguishing International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Arbitration, 1 Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation (2013), Forthcoming; University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-10. In her article, Professor Strong discusses the changing role of discovery requests...
June 4, 2013
S.I. Strong, Associate Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri recently authored, Discovery Under 28 U.S.C. §1782: Distinguishing International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Arbitration, 1 Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation (2013), Forthcoming; University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-10. In her article, Professor Strong discusses the changing role of discovery requests...
Choosing A Forum For Dispute Resolution
May 29, 2013
To the best of our knowledge, funding contracts generally require arbitration to resolve disputes. While arbitration has significant appeal, it may not always be the optimal arrangement for reasons laid out below. Therefore, the model contract defaults to New York courts as the forum for dispute resolution. Arbitration’s Appeal and Downsides Arbitration has one significant advantage over courts: secrecy (confidentiality). Even the fact of the dispute can be kept secret, which preserves...
May 29, 2013
To the best of our knowledge, funding contracts generally require arbitration to resolve disputes. While arbitration has significant appeal, it may not always be the optimal arrangement for reasons laid out below. Therefore, the model contract defaults to New York courts as the forum for dispute resolution. Arbitration’s Appeal and Downsides Arbitration has one significant advantage over courts: secrecy (confidentiality). Even the fact of the dispute can be kept secret, which preserves...
U.S. & International Arbitration 2013
April 23, 2013
Four times in the past 15 months the Supreme Court has struck down lower court attempts to limit the impact of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) by allowing recourse to the courts — on three of those occasions issuing per curiam orders vacating state court decisions for ignoring Supreme Court precedent. Nitro-Lift Techs. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012) (Oklahoma); Marmet Health Care Ctr. v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012) (West Virginia); KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 132 S. Ct. 23 (2011) (Florida);...
April 23, 2013
Four times in the past 15 months the Supreme Court has struck down lower court attempts to limit the impact of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) by allowing recourse to the courts — on three of those occasions issuing per curiam orders vacating state court decisions for ignoring Supreme Court precedent. Nitro-Lift Techs. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012) (Oklahoma); Marmet Health Care Ctr. v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012) (West Virginia); KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 132 S. Ct. 23 (2011) (Florida);...
Kluwer Arbitration Blog Excerpt Feed: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration – A Menace or Panacea?
January 19, 2013
Kluwer Arbitration Blog Excerpt Feed: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration – A Menace or Panacea? http://goo.gl/V7y9n
January 19, 2013
Kluwer Arbitration Blog Excerpt Feed: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration – A Menace or Panacea? http://goo.gl/V7y9n
Disputing: 2012 Developments in International Arbitration
January 16, 2013
Disputing: 2012 Developments in International Arbitration http://goo.gl/wvLR4
January 16, 2013
Disputing: 2012 Developments in International Arbitration http://goo.gl/wvLR4
Reinsurance Focus: ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS CONFIRMATION OF AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
December 6, 2012
Reinsurance Focus: ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS CONFIRMATION OF AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION http://goo.gl/dcpH8
December 6, 2012
Reinsurance Focus: ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS CONFIRMATION OF AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION http://goo.gl/dcpH8
