Dispute Resolution 101 for Counsel Supporting Startups
Overview of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution clause drafting for startup counsel.
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Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
Codifying Efficiency: UNCITRAL’s Expedited Rules
The UNCITRAL Expedited Rules came into effect on September 19, 2021 and provide a new way for parties to explore efficiency in arbitration.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Dec 6, 2021
- 7 min
Strategies for Efficient, Fair, and Enforceable Arbitration
Efficiency in the context of arbitration leads to resolution of the matter with the least amount of wasted time, effort, and money.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Nov 17, 2021
- 8 min
Arbitration Best Practices: Chair Selection
One of the greatest benefits of arbitration is parties’ ability to consider who will serve as the decisionmaker.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
Commercial Arbitration: Accessing Expedited Arbitration in the Wake of Covid-19
In my last post, we reviewed a number of options to encourage greater efficiency in arbitration. Of those, expedited, or fast-track...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Apr 22, 2020
- 6 min
Revisiting Efficiency in Arbitration - Part Two
This post will offer further considerations for driving efficiency into the arbitration process.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Apr 20, 2020
- 6 min
Revisiting Efficiency in Arbitration - Part One
This article provides an overview of efficient dispute resolution approaches and outlines considerations for how to choose the best path.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
The When, Where and How of Emergency Arbitration
Emergency arbitration processes have been incorporated into many institutional rules to offer the opportunity for remedy in urgent matters.
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
Arbitration Savings & Efficiency: AAA Arbitrator Survey Results
The AAA recently conducted a study on how parties and advocates can take steps to increase efficiency and decrease expenditures associated w
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Mar 23, 2019
- 2 min
No arbitrator required.
I recently attended a conference where one of the panels explored in-house perspectives on arbitration. It was not so long ago that I...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Feb 24, 2019
- 1 min
A Practical Approach to Arbitration
Efficiency in arbitration is something that parties - and arbitrators - continually strive for. From careful clause drafting to...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Efficiency in Arbitration
Here are two options to consider in order to encourage efficient arbitration. While neither is conventional, "conventional" should be...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Oct 26, 2018
- 3 min
Using Project Management to Identify "Waste" in Arbitration
In May 2013, while I was still working in-house, I was shipped off to project management school for a week. At the time, I remember a...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Sep 30, 2018
- 3 min
Arbitration Project Management
Where cost and efficiency are constant concerns for parties in arbitration, project management offers solutions. Project management and...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Sep 21, 2018
- 1 min
New options for arbitrator fees at AAA
Alternative fee agreements introduced In-house counsel have been leveraging alternative fee arrangements (AFA) for years in order to...
Erin Gleason Alvarez
- Sep 13, 2018
- 1 min
The blog begins...
with an arbitrator business management tutorial (sort of). As some of you will already know, my nine-year-old serves as my business...