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...
On Saturday of the ABA Annual Meeting a group of judges presented a panel on "ADR in the Business Courts: How Commercial Judges Encourage Settlement." Joining Vice Chancellor Don Parsons (Delaware), Judge Steven Platt (Maryland), Judge Ira Warshawsky (New York) and Judge Ben Tennille (North Carolina) were Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth...
One of the most in-demand items at the ABA Annual Meeting was a seat at the Moscone Center for the panel titled "Shaping the Law: A Solicitor's General Roundtable." The misplaced apostrophe notwithstanding, it was enlightening and a lot of fun. ...
"You'd better be careful -- you're about to negotiate with the King!" We've all heard this at some point in our careers. Our counterparty is well-connected with the judge. He's an influential member of the local bar. He has fifty years' worth of hard-earned reputation as the lion of the district. ...
In preparation for next week's Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, I have been delighted to get to know a group of judges who will be offering a program on Saturday afternoon, August 7, on the use of ADR in Business Courts. One of them, Judge Steven I Platt...
Many parties in mediation -- and many of their counsel -- consider that a "win" is a deal that gets them the number they asked for, or close to it. In fact that's not so, and a mediator provides important value to disputants by assisting them to determine, in a...
I am spending this week in beautiful Silver Bay, New York, on the western side of Lake George. There, at a grand old historic YMCA summer camp, the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) holds its annual summer conference. Quakers are a "peculiar people"...