Arbitrator Goldberg accepted appointment as an arbitrator of two police discharge cases, each of which had a voluminous history of acrimony and litigiousness by the… Read More »Arbitration in a fishbowl: The ethics of disclosure 2. Careful Where You Step
The author addresses whether arbitrators face improper conflicts of interest when trying to please repeat-player clients or when serving as party-appointed arbitrator advocates.
Applying, literally, a state statutory definition of bias based upon nondisclosure, the California appellate court vacated an award by Arbitrator Kagel, even though no actual… Read More »Arbitration in a fishbowl: The ethics of disclosure 3. Labor arbitration and failure to disclose
The sequel to an article in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and Arbitration Journal, addressed herein is the duty of disclosure. Results of a… Read More »Ethical responsibilities of the arbitrator2. Arbitrator’s duty of disclosure – A sequel