Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 4, 2010
A Well-Deserved Blow: It's Time to Rethink the Preference for Arbitration
Although criticized by many, a recent state appellate decision actually enhances due process safeguards for arbitration. By Samuel J. Muir and Christian E. Foy Nagy of Collins Collins Muir + Stewart.
The 1st District Court of Appeal threw the arbitral world for a loop by deciding Benjamin, Weill & Mazer v. Kors, 2010 DJDAR 15842 so soon after the Supreme Court's decision in Haworth v. Superior Court (2010) 50 Cal. 4th 372. The Kors court determined that an arbitrator hearing a legal fee dispute was required to disclose his simultaneous representation of law firms in similar fee disputes. The Kors
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