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JAMS, formerly known as Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. [1] is a United States–based for-profit organization of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, including mediation and arbitration. [2] [3] H. Warren Knight, a former California Superior Court judge, founded JAMS in 1979 in Santa Ana, California. [4]
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) is a non-profit organization focused in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitration organizations that administers arbitration proceedings.
Currently, most arbitration providers allow parties to carry out online only part of the arbitration process, e.g. parties may download claim forms, the submission of documents through standard email or secure web interface, the use of telephone hearings, etc. [32] A key element of arbitration is the right for a party to question the witnesses ...
In administered arbitration, the arbitration is administered by a professional arbitration institution providing arbitration services, such as the LCIA in London, or the ICC in Paris, or the American Arbitration Association in the United States. Normally the arbitration institution also will be the appointing authority.
Arbitration, in the context of the law of the United States, is a form of alternative dispute resolution.Specifically, arbitration is an alternative to litigation through which the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective evidence and legal arguments to a third party (i.e., the arbitrator) for resolution.
This is a private and legally binding alternative to pursuing litigation in court. eQuibbly was an Online Dispute Resolution service in North America focused exclusively on online arbitration. It ceased operations in 2016. [1]
Former Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. (now demolished). The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was created as an independent agency of the federal government under the terms of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (better known as the Taft–Hartley Act) to replace the United States Conciliation Service that previously operated within ...
In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending on its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.