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Arbitration Remedies In Equipment Lease And Commercial Mortgage Disputes
The efficiency of commercial finance depends on carefully drafted agreements to ensure that money lent to a business is tied to repayment and to collateral obligations that are clear and enforceable through replevin, foreclosure and other remedies. The complex terms of modern equipment leases,...
Read MoreADR-Legal Service Providers ERISA: Arbitration Now An Accepted Alternative To Litigation
When the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) passed in 1974, arbitration was still early in its growth phase and was not a serious alternative to the litigation of federal statutory claims. Beginning in the early 1980's, the U.S. Supreme Court began to lead the charge in recognizing...
Read MoreNAF: Facilitating Just, Efficient And Inexpensive ADR
Editor: How did you come to work in the ADR profession? Wiens: I spent many years in litigation and finally concluded that my clients (and all parties involved in lawsuits) were expending far too many resources on the process.In addition, it is hard to conclude that the litigation process...
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