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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Oct. 24, 2006

Counsel Should Work With Arbitrators to Manage Process

FOCUS COLUMN - By Richard Chernick - The U.S. Supreme Court has made arbitration attractive to commercial parties because its jurisprudence confirms that (1) arbitration is a preferred dispute resolution choice and courts must therefore err on the side of enforcing rather than limiting agreements to arbitrate and (2) arbitration, being a contractual process, encourages parties to create their own process elements that courts will respect and enforce.


Focus Column

By Richard Chernick

     
      The U.S. Supreme Court has made arbitration attractive to commercial parties because its jurisprudence confirms that (1) arbitration is a preferred dispute resolution choice and courts must therefore err on the side of enforcing rather than limiting agreements to arbitrate and (2) arbitration, being a contractual process, encourages parties to creat...

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