Arbitration Archives - Focus Law LA

Make Up Your Mind: Arbitrate or Not

by FOCUS LAW | Aug 7, 2018 | Business Start Ups

There are some people you don’t want to anger. One of those people is a judge, especially if a legal dispute is bouncing back and forth between litigation and arbitration. If you commit to something in a contract, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, you...

New California Law May Help if You Need to Appeal an Arbitration Decision

by FOCUS LAW | May 15, 2017 | Business Litigation

An arbitration is an alternate dispute method that’s becoming increasingly popular and controversial. Thanks in part to that controversy Governor Brown signed into law in October a bill allowing a party to have a certified shorthand reporter transcribe any related...

Congratulations! You Won an Arbitration! Now What?

by FOCUS LAW | Feb 22, 2016 | Business Litigation, Civil Litigation

Arbitration is an increasingly popular alternate means of dispute resolution. Instead of resolving a legal claim through the court system and having a judge or jury decide, the parties have the dispute decided privately. An arbitrator, or a panel of arbitrators, acts...

Arbitration Awards Cross Borders

by FOCUS LAW | Nov 11, 2015 | Business Litigation, Civil Litigation

We live in a global economy and California is a key participant. According to the U.S. Census Bureau last year the U.S imported goods worth $1.3 trillion in goods and exported $890 billion worth (this doesn’t include the value of services). With all this business...

Settling Without a Trial – California’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods

by FOCUS LAW | Aug 5, 2013 | Business Litigation

In Unlimited Civil Cases – or those involving more than $25,000 – California law generally requires that both parties make an honest effort to resolve their legal dispute with alternative forms of dispute resolution, before finding themselves involved in costly...