When can a litigant appeal an arbitration award? In the recent decision of K.V.H. v. W.S.H., the New Jersey Appellate Division clarified the procedures by which a party,
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Know Your Mediator
There is an old adage in litigation “know your judge.” Essentially what that means is that you should find out as much as you can about the judge you are
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I Can Appeal My Arbitration Award, Right? (Redux)
In 2015, I wrote a post on this blog with the same title because seemingly, this issue has been resolved for some time. All too often, parties would agree to
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This Agreement to Arbitrate Will Self-Destruct in 3…2…1…
Arbitration – essentially, a private trial in which the parties hire a fact-finder who serves in lieu of a judge – has become an increasingly common means of resolving family
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The Arbitration “Rules of Engagement”
The recent Appellate Division case of Sirigotis v. Sirigotis, although unpublished (non- precedential), provides a great reminder of how important it is to know the “rules of engagement”.
In Sirigotis,
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Don’t Let Your Arbitration Agreement Bite You
You hear people talk all the time these days that mediation and arbitration, or quite frankly, any alternate dispute resolution (ADR) methods are the best things since sliced bread. They
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The New Jersey Supreme Court Enacts Rule 5:1-5, codifying Arbitration Procedures for Divorce Matters.
Resolving issues pertaining to a divorce matter are not only costly and challenging, but if parties’ choose to litigate their issues before a sitting Family Part Judge, their dirty laundry
I CAN APPEAL MY ARBITRATION AWARD, RIGHT?
As we have all seen and heard, alternate dispute resolution (ADR) is all the rage. Two common methods of ADR are mediation and arbitration. To describe the two as simply
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The Benefits of Mediation – Even If You Don’t Settle
Earlier today, Robert Epstein posted an interesting piece entitled The Psychology of Mediation. Whether people like it or not, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is here to stay as the
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished? Arbitrator’s Suggestions To Resolve Unrelated Issues Lead to Arbitration Award Being Vacated
B.M. – that is before the Minkowitz decision that we previously blogged on (which lead to a second post on arbitration best practices), it was common practice at the
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