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Arbitration clauses, prejudicial delays, and one justice’s contract-law “nightmare”

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Sundance had included in Morgan’s job application an arbitration clause, which meant that the company could have immediately sought to put the litigation on hold, and to require Morgan to resolve her case through individual arbitration. Clement replied that the “prejudice inquiry is not so clear” as to provide a free pass.

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Paralegal Schools Forget to Mention These Things

Paralegal Bootcamp

A word to the wise: if you absolutely have to be out of the office no later than 5, either to pick up the kids at daycare or something else that’s not flexible with time – do NOT choose the litigation practice area. Back when I used to work in a law firm, I regularly worked 60-hour weeks. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION?

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Lex Machina Releases 2021 Contracts Litigation Report

LegalReader

Contracts case filings over the last three years showed a slight but steady increase through the pandemic, while franchise case filings fell sharply and damages awarded continued to climb.

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Tomorrow’s AAPrIL seminar: Benjamin Haward on The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Adoption and interpretation in Australia

Conflict of Laws

He has published in Australia and internationally in private international law, international commercial arbitration, and the CISG. Ben currently teaches Australian contract law, consumer law and statutory interpretation (amongst other private law topics) at the Monash Business School.

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Review of E Aristova, Tort Litigation Against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, 352 pp, hb £125

Conflict of Laws

The book is particularly notable for its observation—citing Professor Robert McCorquodale—that FDL claims intersect with various fields of law, such as domestic criminal law, tort law, contract law, human rights and constitutional law, comparative law, public international law, and private international law.

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Is turnabout fair play under the Federal Arbitration Act?

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But what happens if a party begins to litigate a case, and then seeks to compel arbitration several months later? First, it reasons that the FAA is pro-arbitration, meaning that it is inconsistent with rules that disadvantage arbitration agreements as compared to other kinds of contracts — but not rules that advantage arbitration.

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Planning Your Contract Management System

Paralegal Bootcamp

When paralegals are looking at alternative paralegal careers outside the popular litigation paralegal field, contract management does not usually come to mind. However, there seems to be an increase in paralegal job opportunities in the field of contract management. But what exactly is contract management?

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