Several months ago, the American Arbitration Association gave its panelists free access to ClearBrief, an AI tool specifically designed for lawyers and arbitrators. It's a closed system. Thus, there's no danger that documents fed into it ever become part of the worldwide web that is then scraped for use in open AI tools like ChatGPT or Perplexity. I signed up for ClearBrief and have used it in my practice. Here's a summary of my experience. Training ClearBrief has offered …
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The Efficient Arbitrator – In the Post-Pandemic Age
Intro – Arbitration in the Post-Pandemic Era: Much has been said of efficiency in arbitration, including the need to appropriately balance time and cost efficiency with a process ensuring a fair and just result. The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in the adoption of new technologies in arbitration, along with new protocols and practices, that merit re-examination of efficiency in arbitration. This article addresses what it takes to be an efficient arbitrator in the post-pandemic …
Root, Hog or Die: Arbitration Adaption in a Pandemic
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 …
It Is Not the Strongest of the Species that Survives But the Most Adaptable: The Case For Online Commercial Arbitration
Variations of the quote “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change,” are often attributed to Charles Darwin. Those may have not been Darwin’s exact words but the point stands that survival requires adaptation. That stands true in the world of commercial arbitration as well. For decades, parties, counsel and arbitrators have enjoyed the benefits provided by arbitration, among those: relatively …