OUR NEUTRALS
Honorable Coralie Kupfer (Ret.) South Coast AQMD Hearing Board Santa Clara, JD 1973; USC, BA 1970 FULL BIO
 —Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court With the passage of the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925, the United States government firmly established arbitration as viable means of dispute resolution. Federal and state courts have consistently upheld the FAA and supported the services provided... FULL STORY
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TODAY IN ADR
/ May 9, 2008
Finding a former employee "highly-educated" and "with various employment opportunities," the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's finding of procedural unconscionability in an employment-related arbitration agreement.
In Zimmer v. CooperNeff Advisors, Inc., No. 05-1119, 2008 WL 1700526 (3d Cir. Apr. 14, 2008), Zimmer entered into an employment contract with investment company CooperNeff. The contract included a broadly worded arbitration agreement requiring Zimmer to submit any employment-related dispute not resolved internally to an independent arbitrator. The contract also included provisions reserving CooperNeff's right to resolve certain disputes in court, including intellectual property disputes... FULL STORY
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