By Deborah Slattery-Pereira How U.S. Courts Treat Non-Signatories Parties will subject their disputes “to arbitration if, and only if, [they] actually agree to arbitrate those disputes.” Complex commercial disputes often involve multiple international contracts with different parties, but usually, only two parties sign the arbitration agreement. Because arbitral proceedings depend on a consensual agreement, generally,…
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So, You Think You Can Arbitrate?
By: Aissatou Toure; Articles editor Arbitration is in demand. In 2023 alone, complainants brought 7,554 new cases into arbitration. Before becoming an arbitrator, one must know what arbitration entails; however, arbitration evades easy definition. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines arbitration as: “a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties,…
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