Alternative Dispute Resolution
Apr. 10, 2020
Recession-year arbitrator’s ruling may help businesses now
For the first time in a dozen years the equitable doctrines that neutral relied upon could have wide applicability again, said the prevailing party’s attorney, Daniel S. Miller of Miller Barondess LLP in Los Angeles.
An unusual ruling by a JAMS arbitrator during the 2008 recession saved a developer's business by finding a contract was impossible to fulfill.
For the first time in a dozen years the equitable doctrines that neutral relied upon could have wide applicability again, said the developer's attorney, Daniel S. Miller, founding member and partner of Miller Barondess LLP in Los Angeles.
"There will be a lo...
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