This paper examines existing literature on the phenomenon of the vanishing civil trial, analyzes the civil case filing and resolution trends in Washington courts of general jurisdiction, King County Superior Court, King County District Court, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and assesses what role, if any, alternative dispute resolution appears to be having on the commercial trials in these courts
For well over a decade now, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and all its variations have been ha...
Since the 1930s, the proportion of civil cases concluded at trial has declined from about 20% to bel...
This article explores competing explanations of the data on declining rates of trials in the federal...
Some in the alternative dispute resolution community are afraid that ADR will be blamed for the appa...
Any discussion of recent developments in civil litigation must address the virtual revolution that h...
During the past thirty years, scholars and practitioners have shown an increased interest in the dev...
For nearly two decades, proponents of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have touted the advantage...
(Excerpt) This paper addresses the current state of mandatory court-annexed ADR in the United States...
Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes are now well integrated into the ...
Standard law and economic theory suggests that litigating parties seeking to maximize welfare will p...
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were promulgated in 1938 to provide the “just, speedy, and inex...
This essay demonstrates that within appropriate guidelines, ADR has an important and growing role in...
The proliferation of laws and increase in population has resulted in manifold increase in the volume...
We know that very few civil matters reach disposition through trial—but what do we really know about...
Reports on the findings of a study of the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by commercial ...
For well over a decade now, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and all its variations have been ha...
Since the 1930s, the proportion of civil cases concluded at trial has declined from about 20% to bel...
This article explores competing explanations of the data on declining rates of trials in the federal...
Some in the alternative dispute resolution community are afraid that ADR will be blamed for the appa...
Any discussion of recent developments in civil litigation must address the virtual revolution that h...
During the past thirty years, scholars and practitioners have shown an increased interest in the dev...
For nearly two decades, proponents of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have touted the advantage...
(Excerpt) This paper addresses the current state of mandatory court-annexed ADR in the United States...
Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes are now well integrated into the ...
Standard law and economic theory suggests that litigating parties seeking to maximize welfare will p...
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were promulgated in 1938 to provide the “just, speedy, and inex...
This essay demonstrates that within appropriate guidelines, ADR has an important and growing role in...
The proliferation of laws and increase in population has resulted in manifold increase in the volume...
We know that very few civil matters reach disposition through trial—but what do we really know about...
Reports on the findings of a study of the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by commercial ...
For well over a decade now, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and all its variations have been ha...
Since the 1930s, the proportion of civil cases concluded at trial has declined from about 20% to bel...
This article explores competing explanations of the data on declining rates of trials in the federal...