In the forty years since new visions and challenges for the administration of American justice were offered at the 1976 Pound Conference, a Quiet Revolution has altered the landscape of public and…
As a result of a reform of Mexico's Constitution, on 25 February 2017 a Presidential Decree was enacted, whereby the Congress received the mandate to pass a new law on Alternative Dispute Resolution…
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has enforced a P&I Club’s internal claims appeal process as a legally binding alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) method, rejecting…
Mark Twain once wrote that a person with a new idea “is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
Innovations and new ideas on the verge of implementation seem to arrive almost weekly in international…
Over the past few decades, alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") has become the preferred method of conflict management in the commercial world. Contemporary trends in dispute resolution aim at…
In the past fifteen years, the European Union has displayed a particular interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Furthermore, a number of recent initiatives have shown that a general,…
Arbitration has long been the favorite of the ADR family. Mediation, however, has established an increasingly relevant position for itself when it comes to resolving (international) commercial…
The mounting global preoccupation with mediation, reflected in a growing array of institutions, programs, laws and regulations; an international "evangelical" movement; and mounting impetus for an…
The arbitration of patent disputes is on the rise. This is not only because patent litigation has been subject to criticism on multiple grounds, but also because arbitration offers several distinct…
