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SVAMC is committed to supporting the wellness of its membership! The objective of this presentation is to help lawyers apply cognitive science to improve their well-being. We will begin with a brief overview of a problem endemic in the legal profession: lawyers continue to struggle with depression, anxiety, suicide, and substance abuse at alarming levels. […]
Join us for our next tech talk as Mauricio Duarte and Dmitri Evseev discuss the launch of Arbitration City, a social network platform for information sharing and collaboration for professionals, groups and organizations in arbitration. Date & Time December 13, 2022 10:00am PST 12:00pm CST 1:00pm EST Register Here
CIArb-NAB’s monthly webinar series “Ask the Arbitrator” presents an interview with Arbitrator, Mr. Gary Benton on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 a.m. PDT. Mr. Benton will be interviewed by Ms. Anqi Luan, an LL.M student with the White & Case International Arbitration program at the University of Miami, School of Law, Florida. […]
The Fifth Annual Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference will convene top lawyers, counsel for global corporations, internationally recognized arbitrators and mediators, academics, and leaders at arbitration institutions to engage in discussions on timely issues in international dispute resolution. The keynote speaker will be Claudia Salomon, President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Claudia is […]
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will be presenting a virtual program on Feb. 6. Agenda: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Dispute Prevention How Dispute Prevention Initiatives Work: Parties can incorporate prevention in their projects in many different ways. In any case, these efforts should mesh with the types of businesses and cultures involved. Perhaps […]
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New technology brings opportunities and challenges for the resolution of disputes. The rapid development of virtual reality technology offers users new immersive experiences, with potential applications beginning with the billion-member gaming industry but going far beyond it. Also utilising blockchain technologies, such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), these metaverses bring potential new markets, new […]
The Stanford International Arbitration Association is honored to host a fireside chat on “AI and Ethics” with two leaders in the industry: Amy Endicott and Prof. Jerry Kaplan. The event will take place this Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. at Stanford Law School. Amy Endicott is a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. She helps clients […]
Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center and White & Case invite you to join us in Los Angeles for an interactive panel discussion on how to draft effective arbitration clauses for cross-border disputes, drafting innovations to be aware of and pitfalls to avoid, advantages of California as a forum, and how to structure investments to […]
An Event for Appointers and Appointees The Ray Corollary Initiative (“RCI”), named after Charlotte Ray, the first woman to graduate from Howard Law School in 1872 and the first Black woman to be admitted to a bar in the United States, is a ground-breaking plan of action to increase diversity in the selection of ADR […]
Our SVAMC Tech Talk will concentrate on trending cases related to DAOs. Among other things, we will discuss how DAOs' unique corporate (or non-corporate) personality disrupts usual ways of approaching corporate disputes in the IT and crypto context. SpeakersShobana IyerBarrister/Arbitrator FCiarb Swan Chambers Co-vicechair of the Legal Services Committee of the Bar Council of England and […]
When parties to cross-border agreements involving intellectual property have a dispute, litigating in court can be a mess: multiple proceedings in different countries, costly and time-wasting fights about jurisdiction and procedure, judges (and juries) who lack relevant experience, delays caused by busy court schedules, further delays for lengthy appeals (sometimes followed by remands and subsequent […]