Arbitration

Oct 10, 2019 Timothy T. Coates Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement

eGumball v. Call & Jensen (Oct. 10, 2019, G056650) 2019 WL 5078606 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms order denying in-house fees to attorneys

Oct 16, 2018 Robert A. Olson

GMSR Partner Robert Olson to speak about Arbitration at a LACBA Appellate Courts Section Program

GMSR partner Robert Olson will be a panelist at the upcoming LA County Bar Association’s Appellate Courts Section program, “Arbitration: A Favored Process?” on October 18, 2018, at 4:30 pm. The panel will discuss arbitration under federal and state law, reasons for using arbitration, the perceived risk

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Jeffrey E. Raskin

Jeffrey Raskin argued and won his first appellate case even before graduating from law school—a First Amendment case before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Since then, Jeff’s career has focused on appellate law, including a clerkship with the Honorable Raymond

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Nov 10, 2009 Robin Meadow, Jeffrey E. Raskin Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement

Greenspan v. Manhattan Loft, LLC (Nov. 10, 2009, B205917) 2009 WL 3740703 [nonpublished opinion]

The trial court struck $12 million from a $14 million arbitration award, concluding that the parties did not submit to arbitration the issue that resulted in those damages. The court reached that conclusion by interpreting a series of contracts de novo and then using that

Jun 20, 2006 Robin Meadow Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement

Meyerman v. Burgess (June 20, 2006, E037902) 2006 WL 1682627 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR appellate lawyers Carolyn Oill and Robin Meadow won this affirmance. The appeal sought to overturn a highly favorable award on the ground that the trial court erred in compelling arbitration over the other side’s claim of waiver. The court accepted GMSR’s argument that substantial

Jan 06, 2006 Kent L. Richland, Edward L. Xanders (Ted) Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement

Bosworth v. Whitmore (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 536

Court’s power to impose arbitration deadlines and to appoint/replace arbitrators

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