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Before you sign an arbitration agreement, you should understand the possible risks. Here are a few disadvantages. Courts have generally been critical in regard to any limitations on the relief that would otherwise be available through public court. As such, most forced arbitration agreements specify that there are no limitations on claims or damages that can be received by the employee. Sometimes the arbitration agreement is just a few sentences. But an arbitration agreement can also contain additional conditions, such as an outline of what issues are subject to arbitration or how the arbitration will be conducted. With some arbitration agreements, the claimant is barred from recovering certain damages that would be available in a court case. However, in order to reinforce the protection provided by an entire agreement clause, parties may wish to bear the following in mind: 1. This agreement [and [list other r
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Anyone in the business of buying and selling horses across borders or oceans should consider using arbitration clauses in their commercial contracts. Likewise, anyone developing or investing in large-scale equine operations or facilities out-of-country should also consider using arbitration in lieu of litigation, particularly in countries that may not have robust judicial systems or where there is concern over governmental interference with the project.
This GT Alert focuses on international commercial arbitration and why those in the equine industry should consider and embrace it, particularly with respect to disputes arising from contracts with a foreign party or involving multiple parties from different jurisdictions. Simply put, international arbitration can help equine industry stakeholders avoid the nuances and pitfalls of a foreign judicial system and the implications they may have for case resolution.
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Rights holders have traditionally turned to court litigation to protect IP rights such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets – or to enforce IP licensing agreements. This brings certain challenges, such as a public forum, unfamiliar laws and procedures, judges with varying IP law expertise, concern for national interests, and the risk that a judgment cannot be enforced in other jurisdictions. Arbitration offers an alternative mechanism and has a number of advantages, including confidentiality, a neutral forum or a single forum, the ability to select arbitrators with technical expertise, symmetrical risk for licensors, and cross-border enforceability of arbitral awards. This chapter considers the viability and desirability of arbitration as a means of resolving cross-border IP and IP-related disputes with a focus on Asia.
we at least know that. so there is this concern, congressman, that by moving forward with these impeachment proceedings, you are ignoring some of the kitchen table issues that matter to voters right now, gun reform and health care being top of mind, especially in the lead-up to 2020. can congress walk and chew gum at the same time? yes. my life would be a lot easier if we were ignoring those other responsibilities, and i can tell you tomorrow we re going have hearings on the judiciary committee on getting rid of forced arbitration clauses. we re going to have legislation on gun violence, and then two days later we re going to have hearing on this impeachment resolution. so we re doing a lot. we recognize that this is not the only issue people care about, but also that unless you hold this president accountable, two things will happen. one, he will get worse, as we see, and two, future presidents will see the standard of conduct which they will be judged for impeachment will have be