Teleconferences | Arbitration Case Law Update | Ethics and Arbitration

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Conference Programs via Teleconference

For those individuals unable to attend in person the below two programs will be offered via teleconference on April 14^th.

Arbitration Case Law Update

11:30 – 12:45 PM ET | 10:30 – 11:45 AM CT | 9:30- 10:45 AM MT | 8:30 – 9:45 AM PT

This panel will discuss the most important arbitration issues of the past year. Topics of discussion will include the United States Supreme Court rulings dealing with arbitration issues, as well as notable federal and state court decisions. Of particular note, the panel will talk about issues relating to the Supreme Court rulings in the areas of arbitrability and class action arbitrations.

Speakers:

Kristen Blankley, University of Nebraska, College of Law, Lincoln, NE

Sarah Cole, Ohio St. Univ., Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Columbus, OH

Maureen Weston, Pepperdine University, School of Law, Malibu, CA

James Madison, Menlo Park, CA

Ethics and Arbitration – It Is About More Than Disclosure

3:30 – 4:45 PM ET | 2:30 – 3:45 PM CT | 1:30- 2:45 PM MT | 12:30 – 1:45 AM PT

Description

While most people associate arbitrator ethics with the disclosure of conflicts of interest, there are numerous other ethical issues that arise out of arbitrations that raise difficult questions for both arbitrators and parties. This program will explore a number of those ethical issues, including the extent and circumstances in which parties can communicate with their party appointed arbitrator, concerns about delay, failure to produce evidence, publicity, intimidation, frivolous motion practice, or other tactics employed by parties to obstruct an arbitration, challenges to the arbitrator or substitutions of counsel during the arbitration proceedings, as well as other scenarios.

Speakers:

Eric Tuchmann, American Arbitration Association, New York, NY

Edna Sussman, Sussman ADR LLC, New York, NY

Eugene Farber, Farber Pappalardo & Carbonari, White Plains, NY

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