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VC Tim Draper Invests $1M In Blockchain-Based Dispute Resolution Platform

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Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper , known for early investments in companies such as Twitter, Skype and DocuSign, has invested $1 million in seed capital in Jur , a blockchain-based dispute resolution platform founded in Switzerland.

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Exploring the Rise of ADR

Legal Talk Network

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has been increasingly embraced as a more efficient and collaborative approach to resolving disputes in the legal arena. Alternative dispute resolution is a wide-ranging set of methods and techniques that offer alternative approaches to resolving conflicts and disputes.

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Ask Attorney Jennifer B.: What’s an alternate dispute resolution? Should I recommend it to my clients?

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We are now post-pandemic, living in our “new normal,” and court systems are back up and running with a newfound ability to pivot to remote hearings when possible or when necessary for the sake of efficiency. What’s an alternate dispute resolution? As such they decided to divorce, causing more cases to flood the system.

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Ask Attorney Jennifer B.: What’s an alternate dispute resolution? Should I recommend it to my clients?

Martindale-Avvo

We are now post-pandemic, living in our “new normal,” and court systems are back up and running with a newfound ability to pivot to remote hearings when possible or when necessary for the sake of efficiency. What’s an alternate dispute resolution? As such they decided to divorce, causing more cases to flood the system.

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Litigation, ADR, ODR—The Next Normal?

Ron Friedmann

Note abbreviations: ADR = alternative dispute resolution. ODR = online dispute resolution) The session description is below; the panelists are: Jordan Furlong, moderator—author, speaker, analyst, forecaster at Law 21. The courts have conducted 35k virtual hearings with 350k participants. Be ready if the tech fails.

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ABA TECHSHOW 2020

Legal Talk Network

Stay tuned to hear about Proposition 115 and the 19th Amendment. Stay tuned to hear the three main ways law firms are responding to those mandates. Stay tuned to hear about potential growth in litigation finance. Stay tuned to hear their worst firing stories. The future is nigh!

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Proactive Dispute Management in Large-Scale Projects

Colin S. Levy

Avoid going for the jugular in negotiations or defaulting to arbitration as the sole dispute resolution method because your company has always done it that way. Get outside your comfort zone Dispute resolution in some industrial sectors is focused on only either litigation or arbitration.