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Technology,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 20, 2022

The ethics of ordering videoconference arbitration over a party’s objection, redux

Are arbitrators actually compelling virtual hearings over the objection of resistant parties?

Christopher David Ruiz Cameron

Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law
Southwestern Law School

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Some time ago, I explored in this column the problem of what to do when the parties disagree about whether to proceed in person or online. At the time, I was being asked whether an arbitrator can compel a virtual hearing over the objection of a resistant party. As I reported there, the answer is yes (see Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, "The Ethics of Ordering Vide...