Law Practice,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Feb. 25, 2022
No there there? Avoiding nonobjections in arbitration
A pet peeve of many arbitrators, including me, is the tendency of some advocates to deal with evidence they don’t like by raising imaginary or commonly misunderstood objections.
Christopher David Ruiz Cameron
Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law
Southwestern Law School
A pet peeve of many arbitrators, including me, is the tendency of some advocates to deal with evidence they don't like by raising imaginary or commonly misunderstood objections.
Let's call these "nonobjections."
A typical nonobjection goes something like this: "Objection. I don't understand the question" -- hardly a recognized ground for challenging a question.
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