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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jul. 14, 2004

Counsel Must Carefully Note Full Disclosure by Arbitrators

Commercial arbitration practice, legislatively conceived as an alternative to litigation, initially used the knowledge and skills of those employed in a particular trade or occupation to arbitrate contractual disputes between two or more private parties.

Lawrence Waddington

Neutral JAMS

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."

Commercial arbitration practice, legislatively conceived as an alternative to litigation, initially used the knowledge and skills of those employed in a particular trade or occupation to arbitrate contractual disputes between two or more private parties.

These arbitrators, readily familiar with customs and usages of a particular industry and often personally acquainted with the parties themselves, could understand idiosyncratic or indigenous business customs and practices without e...

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