Eric Troutman | Troutman Amin Hello from the road! So contract law generally requires a party to manifest their assent to the terms of any agreement. That means while you cannot get away with saying “I didnt read the contract I signed” you generally can get away with “I didn’t sign the contract.” haha. In Thompson… Continue reading Signed By Silence?: Court Finds Consumer Agreed to Arbitration By Failing to Respond to a Text Message- and Its a Little Odd
R-E-C-I-P-R-O-C-I-T-Y ~ Find Out What It Means to You (Updated August 2025)
Marc Coats and Robert James | Gravel 2 Gavel UPDATED August 2025: What a difference eight years make. This article was originally published in 2014 and was updated in 2017. We have again updated the links to the relevant agency resources. The question frequently arises for participants in a nationwide construction contracting industry. Simply stated, is… Continue reading R-E-C-I-P-R-O-C-I-T-Y ~ Find Out What It Means to You (Updated August 2025)
Control, Creativity, Closure: The Mediation Advantage
Hon. Morton Denlow and Harshitha Ram, Esq. | JAMS In a world rife with conflict—commercial, interpersonal, organizational and beyond—the need for effective dispute resolution has never been greater. Judge Morton Denlow, a retired U.S. Magistrate Judge, offers this perspective from the bench and the mediation table: As a retired judge and mediator at JAMS with… Continue reading Control, Creativity, Closure: The Mediation Advantage
Dispute Resolution: Compelling Third-Party Evidence in the United States through Section 7 of the Federal Arbitration Act
Mark R. Wulfe, Camille Ng, Rachel B. Goldman and Martin Gusy | Bracewell This article is an extract from Lexology In-Depth: Dispute Resolution – Edition 17. Click here for the full guide. Introduction This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA),1 the key federal legislation governing arbitrations in the United States. Section 7 of… Continue reading Dispute Resolution: Compelling Third-Party Evidence in the United States through Section 7 of the Federal Arbitration Act
PPP Projects: Challenges and Opportunities
Fahad Alarfaj, Sam Anastasiou, Tim Burbury, Almiro Clere, Dan Feldman, Dan Giemajner, Matt Hardwick, Brendan Hundt, Phil Loynes, Sam Muir and Hanit Zedan | King & Spalding Introduction Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are an attractive option for public procurers seeking to deliver large-scale infrastructure projects. They offer a number of potential benefits over traditional procurement strategies… Continue reading PPP Projects: Challenges and Opportunities