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ABA Section of Litigation
Alternative Dipute Resolution
 

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee is concerned with developments and optimum use of all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, summary jury trials, mini-trials, early neutral evaluation, as well as effective settlement and negotiation techniques. Alternative dispute resolution is considered both within the formal litigation process and pre-suit. The committee sponsors numerous programs to enhance the advocate's skills in all dispute resolution procedures because knowledge of ADR techniques is particularly essential for trial lawyers.


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Recent Updates
Andersen v. Carlisle

On May 4, 2009, the United States Supreme Court in Andersen v. Carlisle held that a litigant who is not a party to the relevant arbitration agreement may invoke Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), which entitles litigants to stay an action that is “referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing.”


ReliaStar Life Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. EMC Nat. Life Co.

In April 2009, the Second Circuit held in ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York v. EMC National Life Co. , --- F.3d ----, 2009 WL 941173 (2d Cir. 2009), that a generic (and common) fees and costs provision in an arbitral agreement calling for each party to bear its own attorney fees did not prohibit the arbitral panel from ordering a party the panel felt had litigated in bad faith to pay the other side’s attorney fees.


Supreme Court Curtails Federal Jurisdiction Over Arbitrability Disputes

In Vaden v. Discover Bank the Supreme Court of the United States has resolved a long-standing circuit split regarding parties’ ability to seek federal court assistance to compel arbitration of litigation pending in state court.


Inside this Committee
 

Committee Leadership

Co-Chairs

Edward Mullins

Miami, FL


Lori A. Sochin

Miami, FL


Web Editor

Patrick McKinney

San Francisco, CA


Liana Grossman

New York, NY


Jobi Halper

San Diego, CA


Newsletter Editors

David Collier

Hartford, CT


Annette C. Escobar

Miami, FL


Manjit S. Gill

Coral Gables, FL


Roger Slade

Miami, FL


 
 

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