Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aug. 23, 2017
California’s expanding world of alternative dispute resolution
Lawrence Waddington
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Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
The world of dispute resolution has changed dramatically in the last few decades as the role of arbitration emerged offering an alternative to litigation and disposing of extensive discovery, lengthy judicial delays, and jury trials. This new interesting legal device enacted in the Federal Arbitration Act applied initially at that time only to federal courts pursuant to the venerable Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins rule. The $95
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