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Articles From Jillian Ruggiero

Cases By Jillian Ruggiero, Julia Kucan, & Alyssa Vincent Alternative Dispute Resolution, June 2009 Recent cases of interest to ADR practitioners.
Case briefs By Jillian Ruggiero & Alyssa Vincent Alternative Dispute Resolution, May 2009 Recent cases of interest to ADR practitioners.
Fifth Circuit rules manifest disregard no longer grounds to vacate By Jillian Ruggiero Alternative Dispute Resolution, May 2009 In light of last year’s ruling in the Hall Street case, the grounds listed in the FAA are the exclusive grounds to set aside an arbitration award and manifest disregard of the law as grounds for vacating an award “must be abandoned and rejected.”
Case summaries By Julia Kucan, Jillian Ruggiero, & Alyssa Vincent Alternative Dispute Resolution, March 2009 Recent cases of interest to ADR practitioners.
California Justices urged to limit vacatur based on disclosure failure By Jillian Ruggiero Alternative Dispute Resolution, December 2008 Arbitrators face the possibility of disqualification due to their failure to disclose pertinent facts that are necessary to an arbitrator’s role as a neutral, third party.
Case summaries By Julia Kucan, Jillian Ruggiero, & Alyssa Vincent Alternative Dispute Resolution, December 2008 Recent cases of interest to ADR practitioners.
Case summaries By Julia Kucan, Jillian Ruggiero, & Alyssa Vincent Alternative Dispute Resolution, October 2008 In Washington, the Supreme Court recently ruled four provisions in the AT&T customer service agreement were unconscionable provisions that permeated the arbitration agreement, that the entire arbitration agreement was unenforceable and needed to be severed from the original agreement.
Happenings By Jillian Ruggiero Alternative Dispute Resolution, October 2008 Recent updates of interest to ADR practitioners. 

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