Outsourcing aspects of ongoing federal litigation may be the new way to effectively and fairly resolve complex litigation. Recently, litigants found themselves sparring in a complex, multi-jurisdictional antitrust case over important but outdated TV technology. The litigation expanded to so many parties (over fifty) and jurisdictions (US and overseas) that it threatened to make the... Read more »
Palo Alto, CA -- The Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion affirming the settlement mediated by former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California. The settlement arose out of a shareholder derivative action filed in federal court seeking to impose liability on HP's directors for alleged breaches of the duties owed to... Read more »
Federal Arbitration, Inc.’s General Counsel, Marian Scheuer, led a panel titled, “Can Arbitration Clauses Save Money?” at the 2017 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in Washington DC, Oct 15-18, 2017. The conference is the industry lodestar for in-house counsel, and is well attended by in-house counsel, law firms and contract service providers in... Read more »