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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: ADR IN CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS DISPUTES by Peter V. Baugher

December 13th, 2012 | posted by Sofia Burau

Cross-border transactions are increasingly commonplace. Because of the volume of transactions between parties of different countries, it is incumbent upon counsel to be familiar with various ways to handle possible disputes arising from these agreements. Part of this preparation is to choose an appropriate dispute resolution method. This essay reviews the principal mechanisms for resolving international commercial disputes and the advantages and disadvantages of each. It discusses arbitration, mediation, litigation, and the relative strengths and drawbacks of each.

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CIDRA'S AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT, March 2, 2012

December 13th, 2012 | posted by Sofia Burau

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

Amicus Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (“CIDRA”), pursuant to Rule 37.2(b), respectfully moves for permission to file the attached brief amicus curiae. Petitioner has consented to CIDRA’s filing of a brief.1 In accordance with Rule 37.2(a), CIDRA has provided notice to counsel for Respondent of CIDRA’s intent to file a brief. Respondent has not consented.

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ARBITRATION: BACK TO THE FUTURE (a contribution to the International Arbitration Congress, Barcelona 18-20 October 2012) by Ramon Mullerat OBE

December 6th, 2012 | posted by Sofia Burau
It is equitable…to prefer arbitration to the law court,
for the arbitrator keeps equity in view, whereas the judge looks only to the law,
and the reason why arbitrators were appointed was that equity might prevail.
Aristotle, Rhetoric, book 1, chapter 13.

The existing judicial system is too costly, too painful, too destructive, too inefficient for
a truly civilized people... To rely on the adversarial process as the principal means of
resolving conflicting claims is a mistake that must be corrected.
US Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
 
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