United States: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

It has recently been announced that an arbitral tribunal has found in favour of Venture Global, Inc. in its dispute against Shell concerning whether the 'start date' of a long-term liquefied...

On August 20, 2025, in Hannant v. Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital, 2025 WL 2413894 (C.D. Ill. Aug. 20, 2025), Judge Sara Darrow of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois granted a motion to dismiss while allowing a website user to re-plead her claim that the hospital's use of website advertising technology ("adtech") violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ("ECPA").

In a precedential decision that will impact numerous recognition proceedings in the U.S., the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...

With more than 40 years of experience in construction mediations, I've seen how early mediator involvement can significantly streamline the resolution process.

England, and in particular, London, is one of the leading international arbitration centers and is frequently selected as a seat of arbitration.

Dispute resolution clauses are independent agreements within a contract and often do not get the attention they deserve.

The forum defendant rule normally bars removing a state case to federal court when there is a forum defendant, even if the parties are otherwise diverse. A rarely-used method is the exception to this rule.

While Dean Chemerinsky rightly criticizes the reliance on outdated English legal precedents, the U.S. legal system should go further by fully rejecting colonial-era English...

In action over competing live stage rights to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Second Circuit affirms district court's ruling that "derivative works exception" to Copyright Act's termination provision...