In the nonprofit sector, organizations often face unique legal challenges that require efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution mechanisms. Arbitration provisions in contracts can offer ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the legal world, from the use of AI-assisted document review to deployment of generative AI for research and submission drafting. Recognising the ...

August 15, 2022 - The past decade has seen a variety of hot topics emerge in the labor and employment law field. This includes independent contractor classification, state and local paid sick leave ...

Q. I am interested in having my employees sign an arbitration agreement for employment-related disputes. Is that legal and how do I ensure it is an enforceable agreement? A. Yes, employers in ...

Amazon’s recent email to customers declaring the end to binding arbitration. For a major corporate declaration, it was relatively brief. And as short as the email was, it can be distilled further into ...

As a matter of practice, arbitrators rarely impose sanctions, although sometimes the need arises. This article discusses the tools arbitrators can use to respond to sanctionable behavior in ...

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Arbitration is a process whereby the parties to a dispute agree that it will be privately decided outside of the normal court process. Instead of the formal and heavily structured litigation ...

On Feb. 10, 2022, Congress passed H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the Act). The Act became effective immediately on March 3, 2022 when ...

The salary arbitration system in Major League Baseball has come under new scrutiny from Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in his contract negotiations with the team. Skubal is a dominant pitcher in the ...

MLB arbitration is a process in which a neutral third party decides a certain group of players' salaries for the upcoming season. These players are trying to earn as much money as realistically ...