By: Kendal Enz
At the heart of the American Arbitration Association (AAA®) lies a vibrant culture of innovation and a forward-looking approach to artificial intelligence (AI). This ethos is not just a recent addition but a decade-long journey of growth and evolution.
“AAA’s innovation program started over a
By: Kendal Enz
The New York legal community gathered December 12, 2023 at the American Arbitration Association® (AAA®) offices in Midtown New York City and online Tuesday for a panel discussion hosted by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) on the role of artificial intelligence in arbitration and mediation. Panelists, including Diana Didia, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at the AAA-International Center for Dispute Resolution®, shared their insights into this rapidly evolving technology’s potential benefits and pitfalls.
In his introduction
How do the acronyms ESG and ADR—Environmental, Social, and Governance and Alternative Dispute Resolution—end up in the same title?
Environmental, Social,
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAA-ICDR® supported parties’ options to utilize virtual arbitrations and mediations. With the closing of hearing rooms, however, virtual became the only option.
Acceptance began slowly, from just 17 virtual “events” in March 2020, growing by an enormous 4,100+% by March 2021. “Events” are defined here as settlement conferences, preliminary hearings, pre-mediation conferences, mediation sessions, and evidentiary hearings—points reached along the way on the arbitration and mediation roadmaps from initiation of a case to