By George H. Friedman* [ARS Chairman of the Board Friedman posted this on his blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator. Reposted with the permission of and thanks to SAC] As we entered the new year, I blogged on Consumer Arbitration: Five Things to look for in 2016. Among my fearless predictions was “The Arbitration Fairness…
By George H. Friedman* [This was originally published in the NY State Bar Association’s Resolution Roundtable blog] There’s a wonderful book, The Presidents Club, covering the unique and sometimes surprising relationships among the fraternity (sorry, Carly and Hillary, no sorority yet) of current and former presidents. For example, who knew that Bill Clinton and the…
By George H. Friedman* I’ve blogged before that, when I entered the dispute resolution field back in 1976, I was compelled as part of my orientation to watch a film about arbitration (yes, film; there was no consumer video back then, let alone DVDs or on-demand video). It closed with a rather stern-looking gray-haired man…
By George H. Friedman* As I sit here in northern New Jersey trying to type with my still-defrosting fingers in the aftermath of the Great Blizzard of 2016 (that’s me after digging for 20 minutes to clear 15 feet of my deck), my thoughts naturally turned to arbitration (and yes, hot soup). This in turn…
By George H. Friedman* Earlier this month, I authored a blog post, My 2015 Arbitration Predictions: Batting .700 is Pretty Good!, where I returned to my arbitration predictions for 2015 and honestly appraised how well I did (as Larry David says, “pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good,” it turns out). Now it’s time for my prognostications…