Perspective
Mar. 1, 2013
What divorce lawyers can learn from baseball arbitration
Here's how it works: The player and the team each submit a proposed salary to the arbitrator (of course, the player proposes a higher salary than the team), and after a hearing, the arbitrator picks the salary. By Todd A. Maron




With spring training getting underway, baseball fans are looking forward to the season and hoping that this is the year their team finally wins the World Series. But before turning to the season, divorce lawyers should think about something that happens during the off-season - baseball arbitration.
Major League Baseball's rules allow teams to retain control over their players for a certain number of years at the beginning of...
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