Arbitral summonses/subpoenas part 3: a practical approach

Arbitral summonses/subpoenas part 2: arbitrator power over discovery of non-parties

The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center announces its 2025 Tech List of leading technology neutrals.

Using subpoenas - also called summonses - in arbitration can be tricky. Here is an approach to dealing with them.

Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center celebrates 10 years

Determining what arbitration act and law applies in the arbitration can be a problem if you don’t address the issue in your arbitration clause.

SVAMC finalizes its Guidelines for Use of AI in Arbitration

Press release: SVAMC announces 2024 Tech List of Neutrals

A credibility finding by an arbitrator leads to a finding of bias and vacating the award.

Coaching by messenger in arbitration leads to big trouble.

Supreme court: wait for appeal of decision denying arbitration before going ahead

Press release: SVAMC announces 2023 Tech List of Neutrals

Arbitration is often good. Bad arbitration clauses never are good.

Save-the-Date: Stanford Law School Advanced IP/Tech Mediation and Arbitration Course - June 8-9, 2023

Dealing with lack of arbitrators’ lack of explanation and the doctrine of functus officio

Supremes scuttle use of Cal’s PAGA to navigate around restrictions on representative actions

Prejudice to an opponent is not needed to find a waiver of arbitration rights.

Congress has cut back on arbitration in employment cases and may cut it back further. But it hasn’t yet.