Arbitration Updates and Posts

Conferencing Economic Experts: Streamlining the Process in Arbitration of Competition Disputes

First published on Kluwer Arbitration Blog, November 5, 2020 Richard Levin (Richard Levin Arbitration) Please refer to this post as: Richard Levin, ‘Conferencing Economic Experts: Streamlining the Process in Arbitration of Competition Disputes’, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, November 5 2020, http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/?p=34606 The intersection of competition law and arbitration has been around [...]

richardclevin2020-12-16T08:43:17-06:00December 16, 2020|

Pandemic Arbitration: A Time to Sow?

First published on Kluwer Arbitration Blog, July 21 2020. The impact of the pandemic on arbitration has been the subject of several posts on this Blog (see here and here). Rightly so, this is a seismic event in history that certainly has shaken the dispute resolution process, both state sponsored judiciaries as well [...]

richardclevin2020-07-22T11:15:15-05:00July 22, 2020|

On Arbitration of Competition/Antitrust Disputes: A Tribute to Mitsubishi

On Arbitration of Competition/Antitrust Disputes: A Tribute to Mitsubishi is an article I recently published in the AAA/ICDR Dispute Resolution Journal that reflects back over the last 34 years since Mitsubishi v Soler was handed down by the US Supreme Court allowing for the arbitrability of antitrust cases. The Court [...]

richardclevin2020-07-22T17:36:30-05:00June 6, 2019|

Schools and Bullying of Kids with Disabilities

I am as worried about school administration behavior as well offensive fellow student conduct when it comes to bullying or harassment of individuals with disabilities in our schools. Schools must conduct an investigation for each potential civil rights violation and collect data and take measures to eradicate the bullying to [...]

richardclevin2019-02-13T09:53:39-06:00February 11, 2019|

Drafting of Arbitration Clauses: Schein v Archer & White

Looks like Scotus had fun with this at oral argument. Likely to be an important case, again emphasizing care in the drafting of arbitration clauses. Click below to see the full post.

richardclevin2018-10-31T08:49:58-05:00October 31, 2018|

Issues on school behaviour and emotionally disturbed kids

Issues on school behaviour and emotionally disturbed kids are particularly bothersome. The issue is raised in Jay F v Wiliam Hart School in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The advocacy group COPAA of which I am a member notes: Research supports the [lower] court’s conclusion that emotional [...]

richardclevin2020-07-22T12:42:51-05:00October 28, 2018|

On Arbitrating Antitrust/Competition Disputes

This post was published in 2 parts by Kluwer Blog on August 20th 2018 Part 1 This note will first reflect back thirty three years on the genesis of arbitration and competition matters and the Mitsubishi case, and then, in Part 2 below, I will touch on some practical issues that frequently [...]

richardclevin2018-08-22T11:31:19-05:00August 22, 2018|

Sotomayor promotes new law clerk hiring plan at ACS convention

A wonderful article about some important issues.

richardclevin2018-07-23T10:57:21-05:00July 23, 2018|

ISDS – The Wild Wild West of International Law and Arbitration

Very interesting remarks by George Kahale - International Law and Arbitration George is a very articulate and well spoken advocate from the State's perspective

richardclevin2018-07-10T06:12:50-05:00July 10, 2018|

Merck v Equador

The new award in Merck v Ecuador: one of the most interesting, if not the most, aspects of international {investment} tribunals is what was stated in Loewen:"The line may be hard to draw, but it is real." When should an international tribunal, composed of individuals not accountable to any electorate, [...]

richardclevin2018-03-27T09:24:35-05:00March 27, 2018|