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As sole arbitrator or chairperson, the IPHC is likely the most important conference you’ll hold with the parties.  It’s typically the first occasion the parties will have with the arbitrators and it may be the first time the arbitrators themselves have met with each other.  The...

It’s the third day of a four-day hearing and everyone’s getting tired.  The parties have worked hard for nine months in preparation for their case and witnesses were brought in from out-of-town.  As you enter the room after lunch you overhear an attorney whispering to his client,...

The 11th Circuit Court rejected a claim of bias related to interactions between an arbitrator and counsel, citing the interactions were insufficient to warrant impermissible bias on the part of the arbitrator.  The arbitrator and counsel knew each other as two of three founding...

Georgia law provides an arbitrator’s award shall be vacated if the trial court finds the arbitrator manifestly disregarded the law.[1]  At first blush, this sounds straightforward, but it may not be as easy to prove as you think. First, judicial review of arbitration awards under...

Effective October 1, 2013, cases filed under AAA’s Commercial Rules will be managed under a new set of rules designed to enhance the efficiency of the case management process and clarify prior rules for both the arbitrator and parties.  Highlights of these changes include...