Last Spring, the ABA Sections of Business Law and of Dispute Resolution featured several programs anticipating the release of the Protocols for Expeditious, Cost-Effective Commercial Arbitration promulgated by the College of Commercial Arbitrators. The Protocols are the main product of the multi-party Summit that was convened by the CCA in October 2009.
The Protocols have now been released in final form and are available here. I encourage attorneys, arbitrators and users of arbitration to print out a copy and study it carefully.