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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The New Jersey Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law ("Committee") recently revisited whether non-New Jersey licensed attorneys can appear in Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") proceedings in New Jersey. In Opinion 43, the Committee ruled that out of state attorneys who seek to practice in ADR proceedings - both arbitrations and mediations - in...
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
When directors and officers are sued, they turn to their Directors' and Officers' ("D&O") insurance policies for protection. All too frequently, the insurance company denies coverage, and the policyholder must resort to the courts for relief. As the case law demonstrates, insurers have enjoyed their fair share of success recently, and outside directors...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that challenges to the validity of a contract containing an arbitration clause are to be decided by the arbitrator. Conversely, a claim that only the arbitration clause itself is void is to be determined by a court. In so doing, Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, ___ U.S. ___ (2006) ends a debate about the...
