Learning from Construction Conflicts

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Hot-tubbing Makes a Splash in Arbitration Proceedings

Richard P. Flake

Richard Flake introduces a process called hot-tubbing, in which experts provide concurrent evidence in a conversational format rather than the traditional question-and-answer arrangement.

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How Hot-tubbing is Shifting the Paradigm

Sena Gbedemah and Toshi Dezaki

Sena Gbedemah and Toshi Dezaki examine how hot-tubbing of expert witnesses works in practice.

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Supreme Court Rules Domestic Contract Law Can Be Applied in International Cases

Lionel M. Schooler

Lionel Schooler discusses a recent Supreme Court decision that has an impact upon international construction arbitrations.

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In a Time of Great Need, a New, Shorter Tool Helps Screen for Intimate Partner Violence

Amy G. Applegate, Fernanda S. Rossi, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Connie J. Beck, and Lily J. Jiang

The authors describe the importance and availability of a short online tool that mediators and administrators can use to screen parties for intimate partner violence.

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From the Chair

Myra Selby

Section of Dispute Resolution Chair Myra Selby addresses the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism and provides suggestions for how Section members can contribute to ending racial injustice.

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Third-Party Funding: Relationships, Relevance and Recent U.S. Court Analysis

Ava J. Borrasso

On Professional Practice examines how professional responsibility principles apply to our work. In this article, Ava J. Borrasso examines recent US court treatment of evidentiary issues that arise with respect to third-party funding and provides guidance as to when additional disclosure beyond identity of the funder might be warranted.

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Case Law Update

Lindsey Anderson and Andrew Jordan

Recent arbitration and mediation case law that should be on your radar.

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Section News

Read more about new Section Chair Myra Selby as well as upcoming events and projects of note.