The LCIA recently released and published on its website statistics for cases it administered during 2018. I have always been fascinated by the LCIA because its niche as a bespoke provider of dispute resolution services has reflected a unique perspective on the historical role of the British Empire in global commerce and commercial dispute resolution. In contrast with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, with which it was affiliated for more than a century and which …

This is my first blog post. I hope to present occasional observations that connect events and opportunities in the world of dispute resolution, international and domestic to the U.S. as I see them from what I have often described as my state of professional schizophrenia. My active involvement in the trial bar and arbitration world, including my simultaneous service on the boards of leading trial bar organizations such as the International Academy of Trial Lawyers …