Arbitration clause catches people who didn’t sign contract
September 10, 2008
A government contractor and its corporate officers can force arbitration of claims under a government subcontract, even though some of the corporate defendants did not sign the contract.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Randy I. Bellows said the defendants who did not sign the subcontract nevertheless can invoke its broadly worded arbitration clause to compel arbitration of the […]
Mediation can quickly resolve employment disputes
September 10, 2008
By Paul Holtzman
As companies’ internal alternative dispute resolution programs continue to grow, human resources managers should consider adding mediation to their ADR options.
As an alternative to arbitration at the pre-litigation phase, mediation offers many of the same advantages as mediation between parties already embroiled in litigation.
In fact, mediation of internal workplace disputes offers a number […]
The coming fight over nursing home arbitration agreements
May 14, 2008
Despite recent national attention to the issue of patient arbitration agreements, Virginia so far has avoided legal controversy over the efforts by some medical providers to keep disputes over medical care out of the courts.
In 2004 and again in 2005, Virginia circuit judges rejected efforts by nursing homes to force medical malpractice claims into binding […]
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