Reminding us that business-to-business (B2B) disputes comprise its “core activity and services,” the American Arbitration Association recently released supporting statistics for 2015. See: B2B Dispute Resolution Impact Report, 2015 Key Statistics […]
New Thinking on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Terms Arbitration
The rules of standards setting bodies often require patent owners who participate in standards setting activities to declare their patents that are essential to the standard and to agree to […]
Why Tech Companies Should Embrace ADR (Part III)
Previously, on CTCC Blog: Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center was founded on the belief that the technology community has been slow to embrace ADR, a primary reason being the […]
Why Technology Companies Should Embrace ADR (Part II)
In an earlier post I proposed that the special attributes of technology companies seem to have made them less likely to embrace arbitration and mediation solutions; and that a major […]
HBO Shines a Spotlight on Silicon Valley Arbitration
Silicon Valley arbitration was the focus of this summer’s Season Two finale of the HBO hit television series Silicon Valley. The show provides an amusing caricature of life and work […]
Why Technology Companies Should Embrace ADR (Part I)
As we considered the founding of Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center, we had to ask the essential question: Why? What is the problem in need of a solution? Can […]
Courageous Steps Forward For Women in Arbitration
“The best thing a woman can do is to be super competent, persevere and have thick skin,” said Louise Barrington, the founder of ArbitralWomen, the international network of women in […]
Update on Electronic Stored Information (ESI) and E-Discovery.
New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Offer New Tools to the Decision Makers’ Skill Sets and Tool Boxes. At last, Justice Roberts has sent to the Speaker […]
Efficiently Resolving M&A Disputes
Post-closing disputes arise in about 56% of M&A transactions according to a recent study by Shareholder Representative Services (SRS). Nearly all of these disputes involve issues related to purchase price, […]
What That Senior Patent Lawyer Wasn’t Thinking: Inter Partes Review vs. ADR
I wasn’t surprised when a senior patent lawyer for one of the oldest Silicon Valley companies failed to think about ADR for resolving a patent infringement claim. After all, some […]