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CCA’s 2021 Annual Meeting is going Virtual!
CCA Fellows will gather online October 28-29, 2021 for CCA's 21st Annual Meeting. Read More
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Articles by Fellows
Debunking Misperceptions: The Upsides of Commercial Arbitration
Intended primarily for disputants and their advocates, this article responds to commentators who have challenged, unfairly in the authors' view, the fundamental proposition that commercial arbitration is a viable, and often preferable, alternative to litigation. Read More
Articles by Fellows
Arbitration, Mediation and Mixed Modes: Seeking Workable Solutions and Common Ground on Med-Arb, Arb-Med and Settlement-Oriented Activities by Arbitrators
Today as never before, commercial dispute processing is “mixed mode,” with business parties and counsel employing a variety of diverse approaches in order to promote their varied priorities in resolving conflict. Read More
CCA Blogs
The Efficient Arbitrator – In the Post-Pandemic Age
Much has been said of efficiency in arbitration, including the need to appropriately balance time and cost efficiency with a process ensuring a fair and just result. The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in the adoption of new technologies in arbitration, along with new protocols and practices, that merit re-examination of efficiency in arbitration. This article addresses what it takes to be an efficient arbitrator in the post-pandemic era. Read More
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CCA/IMI/Straus Institute Mixed Mode Task Force
CCA has been actively engaged for several years in the Task Force on Mixed Mode Processes. Read More
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CCA Congratulates and Welcomes the New Fellows Class of 2021!
CCA welcomes 12 new Fellows for the Class of 2021. Read More
CCA Blogs
American Bar Association Endorses Commercial Arbitration
As a commercial arbitrator, I am sometimes asked by folks—including many lawyers– whether there really are any advantages to resolving disputes through arbitration. I hear, “is it really any better than litigating in court?”… Read More
Articles by Fellows
Arbitration Cases (I Wish I Had Mediated), Mediation Cases (I Wish I Had Arbitrated) and Applying Arbitral Skills in Mediation
(This article first appeared in the April 2021 issue of the Pennsylvania Bar Association ADR Newsletter).Justice may be blind, but it is not always just. An order in a child custody battle may not… Read More
CCA Blogs
Root, Hog or Die: Arbitration Adaption in a Pandemic
In our last Blog entry, the Author wrote of the necessity of arbitrators, lawyers, arbitral institutions — indeed, the entirety of the arbitration profession — to adapt to the new day that has… Read More
Articles by Fellows
Wait, What Happened? Recent Developments Affecting Commercial Arbitration You May Have Missed
We all try to stay on top of developments in the commercial arbitration field. Most can confidently recite the holdings from recent key Supreme Court decisions and a sprinkling of other notable or notorious rulings. Read More
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