In our last Blog entry, the Author wrote of the necessity of arbitrators, lawyers, arbitral institutions -- indeed, the entirety of the arbitration profession -- to adapt to the new day that has been brought about by COVID-19 and its impact on every facet of everyday life. His message was straightforward -- as arbitrators and as consumers of arbitration services -- we must adapt to the new reality of online arbitration proceedings or perish. In other words, “Root, hog or …
Archives for February 2021
Wait, What Happened? Recent Developments Affecting Commercial Arbitration You May Have Missed
We all try to stay on top of developments in the commercial arbitration field. Most can confidently recite the holdings from recent key Supreme Court decisions and a sprinkling of other notable or notorious rulings. But for most of us our busy schedules stand in the way of keeping up with the rapid pace of developments in the ever-evolving world of commercial arbitration. The tidal wave of case law developments has multiple drivers. Certainly, the Supreme Court’s enduing embrace of the …