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November 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: Two Lessons From Recent Cases

Parties don't always respect their arbitration agreements. Sometimes they commence litigation even though they agreed to resolve their disputes by arbitration. Other times, they refuse t

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November 4, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: Two Lessons From Recent Cases

In his International Arbitration column, John Fellas discusses some recent cases helpful to parties seeking to minimize the time spent in court to enforce an agreement to arbitrate. More specifically these cases provide guidance regarding the relief to request from a court in the context of a motion to stay or compel under the FAA: ask the court to stay rather than dismiss a lawsuit brought in breach of an arbitration clause; or ask the court to enforce the delegation provision in an arbitration clause if it has one.

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Performance Team Freight Systems, Inc. v. Aleman

Publication Date: 2015-11-03
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Date Filed: 2015-11-02
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Johnnie A. James, Robert R. Roginson, Kathleen Choi for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, Paul S. Chan, Thomas V. Reichert, Douglas A. Fretty; Willeken Wilson Loh & Delgado, Paul J. Loh, Aarti K. Wilson for Defendant and Respondent Julie A. Su.
Case Number: No. B259146

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11961 PERFORMANCE TEAM FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff and Appellan

Guzman v. Jones, 15-40007 (5th Cir. 10/22/2015)

Publication Date: 2015-10-30
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Date Filed: 2015-10-22
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Judge: JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, CIRCUIT JUDGE:
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Case Number: 15-40007

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges./major

October 29, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Corrected: Leaders Urge Women to Be 'Flexible and Organic' to Succeed

Editor's note: The original version of this article, published Oct. 29, contained several errors. A corrected version of the full story is below, followed by an explanation of the er

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October 29, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Corrected: Leaders Urge Women to Be 'Flexible and Organic' to Succeed

Leading lawyers repeated the words "flexible" and "organic" in describing how women can balance the business of a law firm—with strict billable hour requirements and serving clients—and their personal lives.

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October 26, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Commission Explores Jurisdictional Shift Between Appeals Courts

A commission appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday began its first formal discussions about the prospect of changing the division of labor between the state's appellate courts.

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October 26, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Diverse Attorneys of the Year: The Attorneys

Damien Atkins Damien Atkins is the first African-American general counsel of Newark-based Panasonic Corporation of North America, which has over $

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Save Our Big Trees v. City of Santa Cruz

Publication Date: 2015-10-26
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Date Filed: 2015-10-23
Court: C.A. 6th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant: Save Our Big Trees, Wittwer Parkin, William P. Parkin, Jonathan Wittwer
for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: City of Santa Cruz, Remy Moose Manley, Sabrina V. Teller, Jeannie Lee, Atchison, Barisone, Condotti & Kovacevich, John G. Barisone, Lauren C. Valk
Case Number: No. H041136

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11664 SAVE OUR BIG TREES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF SANTA

October 26, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Diverse Attorneys of the Year: The Attorneys

Damien Atkins Damien Atkins is the first African-American general counsel of Newark-based Panasonic Corporation of North America, which has over $11 billion…

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