Consumer rights advocates, joined by Maryland’s attorney general, and the banking industry are going toe to toe over a federal proposal to block banks from using mandatory arbitration to resolve disputes with their customers. The 90-day comment period on a ...

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This column is the first of a series of columns which will detail the parallel growth and development of alternative dispute resolution in Maryland with the advent and evolution of “problem-solving courts.” Upon reflection, this seems not to have been ...

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Suing your bank or debt collector might be getting a whole lot easier. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new regulations that would severely curtail a contentious practice called mandatory arbitration, which is when consumers are forced to take ...

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BOSTON – It may not have been as easy as 1-2-3, but a pair of Boston lawyers has helped recoup $600,000 for a client who got the bad end of an unauthorized private sale of his Michael Jackson memorabilia. In ...

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Alternative dispute resolution was once thought of as a resource primarily for small claims and family law cases but is now gaining traction in more high-stakes lawsuits, including commercial litigation and business disputes. ADR also is often considered the purview ...

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Maryland’s top court this week provided would-be car purchasers with an abject lesson on the importance of reading everything before they sign.

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The Bar Association of Baltimore City offers free mediation and arbitration for attorney-client related fee disputes.

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The restaurant chain criticizes a $250,000 award to a black woman allegedly fired because of her hair color and defends its "image policy."

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An arbitration panel ordered Lance Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corp. to pay $10 million in a fraud dispute with a promotions company for what it called an "unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy" that covered up his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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Union members have no right to union representation when being investigated for possible criminal conduct, a Maryland appeals court has held in overturning an arbitrator’s decision.

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