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...
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...
It’s the sound of a $15.2 million dollar arbitrator’s award against you. Curtis J. Jackson, III, (more popularly known as the rapper “50 Cent”) stole trade secrets, breached a fiduciary duty, engaged in a civil conspiracy, breached a confidentiality agreement and was...