This post first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert blog. The blog’s editor-in-chief is George H. Friedman, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Arbitartion Resolution Services, Inc. A bill has been introduced in the House to curb predispute arbitration agreement (“PDAA”) use in a range of transactions involving servicemembers. Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) on August 1 introduced H.R. 5125, the purpose of which…
AAA Award Data is updated quarterly by the American Arbitration Association. This analysis of the latest update is provided by Rick Ryder, President of Securities Arbitration Commentator, Inc., and by SAC’s ARBchek.com – securities arbitration’s first arbitrator evaluation service. The latest quarterly report from American Arbitration Association adds more than 4,000 new consumer and employment cases to the Association’s…
Since we pick-up new Readers throughout the year…here’s a quick reminder for Advocates of those seven core kinds of Evidence inherent in subrogation Arbitration cases. We have Direct, Documentary, Real, Opinion, Demonstrative, Hearsay and Circumstantial. So how can a presenter leverage other proofs (beyond Documentary) to help support the Damages argument? Since Credibility and Reliability…
Seems like I May Be Right After All on One of My 2015 Predictions – Just a Little Late by George H. Friedman* SAC Contributing Legal Editor and Board of Editors Member [This was originally published in the author’s blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator. It was adapted and updated from several postings originally…