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Thu, Mar 20th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Donna V. Smith   The digital revolution has fundamentally changed the way businesses and individuals conduct transactions. Electronic contracts and electronic signatures have become vital to modern commerce, enabling efficiency and convenience. The federal …

Thu, Mar 20th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Paul Burkhart   As an attorney, you already know that litigation is expensive, time-consuming, and stressful for all involved. Fortunately, alternatives to traditional litigation exist which offer faster, more affordable, and less adversarial routes …

Wed, Mar 19th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Steven Schwartz   We often settle legal malpractice claims before they result in a publicly filed lawsuit. Many of our clients, who are lawyers, want to avoid a public lawsuit, but once a suit …

Wed, Mar 19th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Leigh Wilco   In a recent mediation, it became clear to me that one of the lawyers was not being forthright with the facts. He kept claiming that he had information that would have …

Tue, Mar 18th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Ron Bankston, Wiley George, and Felicia Harris Hoss   Crowded court dockets mean the interest in, and need for, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) continues to grow throughout Texas. How can you set the stage for successful …

Mon, Mar 10th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Donna V. Smith   What happens to the embedded in-house dispute resolution process if the company turns away from the DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) policy for various reasons, including political ones? Or fear that …

Thu, Mar 6th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Dave Connor   Years ago, the court appointed a wise and productive mediator who had been a country lawyer, a prosecutor, and a judge to a case of mine. I was an attorney, and …

Fri, Feb 28th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Kelly K. James   Featuring Jennifer Grippa, Bryan Rendzio and Jim Shea   Given the nature and complexity of construction projects, it’s not surprising that construction law is an ever-evolving amalgamation of federal, state, …

Fri, Feb 28th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Jim Shea   Lured by the dream of living in a sun-drenched paradise, with a lower cost of living, and in the case of Florida, no state income tax, hundreds of thousands of Americans …

Fri, Feb 28th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Cathy Hampton   By the time you read this article, we will have crowned our 2025 College Football Playoff champion. If you watched even a slice of college games, then you heard multiple stories …