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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jun. 10, 2004

Classwide Arbitrations Face Conflicting Governing Rules

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - California law permits the consolidation of separate arbitrations between the same parties or between any two parties of whom one is a party to two or more proceedings, - if the dispute arises from the same transaction or series of related transactions and if a common issue of law or fact creates the possibility of conflicting rulings by more than one arbitrator. Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.3.

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