Q. I am working with a lawyer to resolve a lawsuit, and we just got scheduled for trial more than a year from now. Is there any other way to resolve this that could be faster? A. A trial is not the ...

Retired federal Judge Vaughn Walker suspects that the alternative dispute resolution industry won't snap back to the way things were before the COVID-19 pandemic forced many lawyers and neutrals to ...

It’s not often that the legal term “alternative dispute resolution” makes the news. But with a bipartisan arbitration bill in Washington DC, recent changes to the Michigan Court Rules, and the backlog ...

In the legal world, alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) is any means of settling disputes outside the courtroom. Because of overcrowded court dockets in many states, both mandatory and voluntary ...

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In The Daily Business Review's Alternative Dispute Resolution and International ADR special section, read about the role of ADR in patent licensing agreements, arbitration in Argentina, and the rise ...

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Expert determination is a contractual process where parties agree to appoint an independent person - usually with specialist understanding or technical knowledge in a particular area - to resolve a ...

Elysa Bergenfeld, partner at Ansell Grimm & Ansell, describes New Jersey condo law and explains that the best resolutions are always fair and efficient. Litigation ought to be a last resort, not a ...