Dispute resolution or dispute settlement is the process of resolving disputes between parties. The term dispute resolution is sometimes used interchangeably with conflict resolution,although conflicts are generally more deep-rooted and lengthy than disputes. Dispute resolution techniques assist the resolution of antagonisms between parties that can include citizens,corporations,and governments.
Champerty and maintenance are doctrines in common law jurisdictions that aim to preclude frivolous litigation:
Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort. Like the tort of abuse of process,its elements include (1) intentionally instituting and pursuing a legal action that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the victim of the malicious prosecution. In some jurisdictions,the term "malicious prosecution" denotes the wrongful initiation of criminal proceedings,while the term "malicious use of process" denotes the wrongful initiation of civil proceedings.
Kenneth Roy Feinberg is an American attorney specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He served as the Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Kennedy,Special Master of the U.S. government's September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. Additionally,Feinberg served as the government-appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund. Feinberg was also appointed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to administer the One Fund—the victim assistance fund established in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Feinberg was also retained by General Motors to assist in their recall response and by Volkswagen to oversee their U.S. compensation of VW diesel owners affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Feinberg was hired by The Boeing Company in July 2019,to oversee distribution of $50 million to support 737 MAX crash victim families. Feinberg is also an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Law,University of Pennsylvania Law School,Georgetown University Law Center,New York University School of Law,the University of Virginia School of Law and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Jack Bertrand Weinstein was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Until his entry into inactive senior status on February 10,2020,he maintained a full docket of cases.
Shira A. Scheindlin is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Allen Martin Linden,,was a Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal and distinguished tort law professor. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015.
Tort reform refers to changes in the civil justice system in common law countries that aim to reduce the ability of plaintiffs to bring tort litigation or to reduce damages they can receive. Such changes are generally justified under the grounds that litigation is an inefficient means to compensate plaintiffs;that tort law permits frivolous or otherwise undesirable litigation to crowd the court system;or that the fear of litigation can serve to curtail innovation,raise the cost of consumer goods or insurance premiums for suppliers of services,and increase legal costs for businesses. Tort reform has primarily been prominent in common law jurisdictions,where criticism of judge-made rules regarding tort actions manifests in calls for statutory reform by the legislature.
Mustafa Kamal was the 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. His landmark judgment was on the Masdar Hossain case,widely known as the 'separation of judiciary',which was a milestone in the quest for separation of power between the judiciary and the executive of the state. Kamal was a pioneer of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Bangladesh,and is considered by many as the 'father of ADR' in Bangladesh.
William Johnson Elfving is an American lawyer and former judge of the Superior Court of California,County of Santa Clara. He was appointed to the bench on November 13,1997 and retired in 2017. Prior to his appointment he was in private practice for 30 years. He is the chair of the Superior Court Arbitration/ADR committee. He is most notable because of his many rulings on specialized areas of intellectual property law.
Theodore H. Frank is an American lawyer,activist,and legal writer,based in Washington,D.C. He is the counsel of record and petitioner in Frank v. Gaos,the first Supreme Court case to deal with the issue of cy pres in class action settlements;he is one of the few Supreme Court attorneys ever to argue his own case. He wrote the vetting report of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin for the John McCain campaign in the 2008 presidential election. He founded the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) in 2009;it temporarily merged with the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 2015,but as of 2019 CCAF is now part of the new Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute,a free-market nonprofit public-interest law firm founded by Frank and his CCAF colleague Melissa Holyoak. The New York Times calls him the "leading critic of abusive class-action settlements";the Wall Street Journal has referred to him as "a leading tort-reform advocate" and praised his work exposing dubious practices by plaintiffs' attorneys in class actions.
Kreindler &Kreindler LLP is a U.S. law firm founded in 1950 with offices in New York,California and Massachusetts. The firm specializes in air disaster litigation and has represented plaintiffs in most major aviation disaster litigations. According to the New York Times,Lee Kreindler,a named partner of the firm,was "considered the founder of air disaster law."
Pro se legal representation comes from Latin pro se,meaning "for oneself" or "on behalf of themselves" which,in modern law,means to argue on one's own behalf in a legal proceeding,as a defendant or plaintiff in civil cases,or a defendant in criminal cases,rather than have represent from counsel or an attorney.
Stephen Gerard Larson is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Larson LLP,which he co-founded in 2016 as Larson O'Brien LLP. He consistently ranks among the top litigators in the U.S.,having been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©for his work in Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense:White-Collar since 2015.
Malcolm Millar Lucas was an American jurist and attorney who served as the 26th Chief Justice of California. He previously served as a trial judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court and United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Elizabeth Annette "Beth" Grimes is an Associate Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal,Division Eight,having been appointed to the post by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010.
In re Garlock Sealing Technologies,LLC is a court case heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina which involves the entry into bankruptcy proceedings by Garlock Sealing Technologies,once a manufacturer of coated asbestos gaskets,as a result of potential liability from current and future settlements. The plaintiffs were over 4,000 asbestos victims suffering from mesothelioma,including many Navy veterans,as well as an unknown number of future mesothelioma victims. As noted by the court,mesothelioma "is always fatal,causing death essentially by suffocation within about eighteen months of diagnosis" and involves "a horrific death."
Elizabeth D. Laporte is a former United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She retired from the court on October 25,2019. She previously served as the Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District from 2013–2015.
