Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming international intellectual property arbitration, but practitioners face a complex web of varying AI definitions across jurisdictions, institutional rules, and enforcement regimes. This analysis examines how these definitional differences shape arbitration strategy, explores emerging guidelines on AI disclosure and data security, and addresses critical concerns about bias, due process, and award validity in AI-enabled dispute resolution.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a $3.7 million fee award for the second time, establishing that strict limits on lodestar multipliers now apply to contractual fee-shifting arrangements governed by federal law.

The ancient Roman legal maxim "Allegans Contraria Non Est Audiendus" evolved into the modern doctrine of judicial estoppel, which prevents parties from taking contradictory positions in court proceedings.