Something that has probably been known by monks for centuries: it is clear that beer has powers of alternative dispute resolution. President Obama counseled two men at odds in a “beer summit.” It was used to bring Barney and Marshall ...

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A Maryland appeals court has refused to disturb — on state contract law grounds — an Orthodox Jewish arbitration panel’s denial of a financial award to a divorced woman who had signed a prenuptial agreement to have the dispute resolved ...

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Contracts Arbitration BOTTOM LINE: Trial court erred in granting petition to confirm arbitration award against three parties when only two parties were named in the award and the time limit for modification or correction of the award had expired. CASE: ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit that blamed the security company formerly known as Blackwater for the deaths of four contractors killed in a grisly 2004 ambush on the restive streets of Iraq. U.S. District Judge ...

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Although it’s not a verdict, this arbitration case had a big financial outcome, so it’s worth noting. In August, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered UBS AG to pay nearly $81 million to a children’s cell phone firm in Bethesda ...

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The courthouse of the future will have multiple doors and many methods of dispute resolution available behind them. In fact some of those doors may lead to locations outside the courthouse itself where disputes will be resolved with the assistance ...

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Contract Law Arbitration BOTTOM LINE: The Arbitration Board was the proper forum to resolve fee dispute between attorney and client. CASE: Fireison v. Alkire, No. 1288 Sept. Term, 2009 (filed Oct. 5, 2010) (Judges Zarnoch, GRAEFF, and Moylan (retired, specially ...

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Attention Maryland lawyers who have Washington, D.C., bar membership and litigate cases in the capital city: Be prepared to arbitrate fee disputes even if your client agreements contain no arbitration provision. A Bethesda law firm learned this lesson the hard ...

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