Jay Young | Retired Las Vegas, Nevada Judge | Mediator | Arbitrator | Special Master
Many civil cases involve multiple parties and multiple causes of action. Frequently, however, just one or few causes of action are central to the dispute. Others are either plead in the alternative or out of an abundance of caution. How can a party appeal a decision as to just one cause of action, when others…
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According to Russell Korobkin, “Psychological Impediments to Mediation Success,” 21 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resolution 281, 287 (2006), 80% of professional truckers believe they are safer than average and 94% of college professors think they are above average. Lawyers and litigants tend to suffer from the same fate–having overconfidence in their likelihood of success. …
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In many states, courts will enforce a written promise that one will not compete with another party to the agreement, such as a key executive promising not to compete with her employer if she leaves the company. What would happen if the executive left the company, then helped someone else to compete with the executive’s…
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