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ADR: Drafting multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses
“Mise en place” is a French culinary phrase often used in professional kitchens to refer to preparing and arranging the ingredients a chef will require for a meal before service […]
Which type of ADR is best in a family law case?
More Family Law in Virginia SPONSORED CONTENT By A. Brakke Campfield and Christopher Macturk There you sit with your client, Jane. Her husband, Bob, recently told her he wants a […]
Plaintiffs’ bar welcomes nursing home arbitration ban
An issue that divided Virginia trial courts for more than a decade may have been resolved by federal edict. A federal agency last month banned the use of arbitration clauses […]
Searching for a mutually unsatisfactory but acceptable solution
A sense of control is key to decisions by parties and counsel to turn to alternative dispute resolution, whether they decide to arbitrate, or make the increasingly popular choice to […]
Family Law & Mediation – April 25, 2016
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No finish line: The future of family law mediation
In Tomorrow’s Lawyers, Richard Susskind writes, “It is exciting and yet disconcerting to contemplate that there is no finishing line for IT and the Internet.” Susskind’s observation is equally applicable […]
Court-appointed mediators win pay boost
Court-appointed mediators in many Virginia divorce cases involving children should see their pay double later this year. A measure approved by both the General Assembly and the governor specifies that, […]
The 12 steps of mediation, by a recovering trial addict
Hello, my name is Shon, and I am a recovering courtroom addict. I used to believe that all family law matters should be tried for their sins and litigated to […]
Bill to reform mediator pay advances in Assembly
A measure to boost pay for court-appointed mediators in Virginia divorce cases appears on track to win approval at the Capitol. Legislation approved by the General Assembly would double the […]
Will new federal rules give litigation leg up on arbitration?
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended on Dec. 1. The primary purpose of the amendments is to curtail discovery costs by making the courts and the parties focus […]
Focus of NYT series not representative of arbitration
A three-part series in the New York Times this past fall (“Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice,” Oct. 31), spotlighting certain abuses and injustices in particular types of arbitration, […]
Stressed by a coworker or partner? There is a cure.
You and a coworker may be suffering from idiopathic mutual irritation, and never know it. Idiopathic mutual irritation, or IMI, is a phenomenon I see so often in my mediation […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Negligence and Tort – E-bike collision leads to neck injury, psoriasis flare
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – ‘Daydreaming’ driver hit plaintiff walking by road
- Motor Vehicle Negligence 92-year-old dies after being hit by vehicle
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Motorcyclist suffers severe injuries in vehicle accident
- Medical Malpractice – Patient dies after alleged improper medicine admin
Legal Tech
- AI in practice: How new technology is affecting litigation practice
- Experts foresee legal malpractice risk for those who eschew AI
- Legal Decoder launches AI-powered billing analytics interface
Opinion Digests
- Sanctions – Court vacates order suspending attorney’s admission to bar
- Criminal – Defendant fails to show alleged sentencing error was plainly wrong
- Tort – Dutch company accused of stealing American intellectual property
- Criminal – Court upholds manual cell phone searches at border
- Criminal – Court didn’t err in allowing attorney to represent himself
- Immigration – Immigration court violated man’s due process rights
- Arbitration – District court erred when it confirmed untimely petition to confirm award
