The Fifth Circuit recently addressed a hard question: what should the court consider when determining the amount in controversy for purposes of federal jurisdiction over an arbitration award? The court decided to rely on the amount originally sought by the claimant in the demand for arbitration. Pershing, LLC v. Kiebach, __ F.3d __, 2016
Study of Corporate Counsel Shows Arbitration Is Past Its "Tipping Point," Usage Declining
By Liz Kramer on
Posted in Litigation vs. Arbitration
A new article is out with more detail about how opinions among counsel for Fortune 1000 companies have changed over the last 15 years with respect to arbitration and mediation. (I posted initial info here last spring.)
By comparing results of a 1997 survey of Fortune 1,000 corporate counsel with results of a 2011 survey…