Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg will have a tough task as he decides how to apportion money from a compensation fund for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Updated: A man who authorities say committed suicide after shooting a corporate attorney and his client after a law firm mediation session Wednesday in Phoenix was reportedly litigious and had…
James Ring’s firm, Fair Outcomes Inc., aims to limit some of the negotiating strategies that can lead legal disputes astray. Photo by Jared Leeds.
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A judge overseeing a first-degree murder case in eastern Idaho has ordered the prosecutor and defendant Michael Sparks into mediation, to see if they can resolve the death-penalty case before…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a dispute over a noncompete clause must be heard by an arbitrator, as called for in an employment agreement, in an opinion that…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by American Express contending a federal appeals court has created a “sweeping, unwritten loophole” in federal arbitration law.
For the second time in less than six months, a venture capital firm in the San Francisco area has been sued for alleged discrimination against a female partner.
This is our fourth iteration of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels, our annual nod to lawyers who are helping change the profession in ways both big and small. These are…
Sep 1, 2012 10:40 AM CDT
Photo of model Danniel J. Dixon by Callie Lipkin.
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A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that closed-door arbitrations by Delaware chancery court judges violate a First Amendment right of access to trials.