Step-by-Step: Failure to Strictly Comply With Dispute Resolution Procedure Can Waive Contractual Right to Arbitrate

Brian Rowlson | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Most state and federal courts have expressed a strong preference for parties to resolve their legal disputes via binding arbitration when there is an arbitration clause applicable to the dispute, but there are instances where courts will deny such a request – even when the parties have expressly… Continue reading Step-by-Step: Failure to Strictly Comply With Dispute Resolution Procedure Can Waive Contractual Right to Arbitrate

Important Changes to International Arbitration Procedures

Carly Miller and Katherine H. Blankenship | Buildsmart To all our friends with international projects, partners, or contracts, please take note of some significant changes to one of the potential sets of procedures and rules that may govern or apply to your international dispute. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) recently amended its Dispute… Continue reading Important Changes to International Arbitration Procedures

How to Contain Construction Disputes

  John Cooper | Jones Day | December 28, 2015 Imagine if, when a dispute involving defective design or defective construction first arose, it could be dealt with in a safe environment so that the defects could be remedied and the possible impacts of them limited, reduced or avoided? There is no reason why this… Continue reading How to Contain Construction Disputes

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