{"id":849968,"date":"2015-07-10T06:19:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=849968"},"modified":"2015-07-08T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T17:20:14","slug":"new-american-arbitration-association-construction-industry-arbitration-rules-in-effect-july-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/new-american-arbitration-association-construction-industry-arbitration-rules-in-effect-july-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Arbitration Rules in Effect July 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Rubenstein | PretiFlaherty | June 30, 2015<\/p>\n<p>The American Arbitration Association has issued revised Construction Industry Rules and Mediation Procedures, which are intended to provide \u201ca more streamlined, cost-effective and tightly managed process.\u201d\u00a0 Some of the most significant amendments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A mediation step<\/strong> for all cases with claims of $100,000 or more (with both parties having the ability to opt out).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consolidation and joinder time frames and filing requirements<\/strong> to streamline these increasingly involved issues in construction arbitrations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New preliminary hearing rules<\/strong> to provide more structure and organization to get the arbitration process on the right track from the beginning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information exchange measures<\/strong> to give arbitrators a greater degree of control to limit the exchange of information, including electronic documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Availability of emergency measures<\/strong> of protection in contracts that have been entered into on or after July 1, 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enforcement power of the arbitrator<\/strong> to issue orders to parties that refuse to comply with the Rules or the arbitrator\u2019s orders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permissibility of dispositive motions<\/strong> to dispose of all or part of a claim or to narrow the issue in a claim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/preticonstructionlaw.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/new-american-arbitration-association.html\">Construction Law Blog : New American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Arbitration Rules in Effect July 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Rubenstein | PretiFlaherty | June 30, 2015 The American Arbitration Association has issued revised Construction Industry Rules and Mediation Procedures, which are intended to provide \u201ca more streamlined, cost-effective and tightly managed process.\u201d\u00a0 Some of the most significant amendments include: A mediation step for all cases with claims of $100,000 or more (with both&hellip; 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