OUR NEUTRALS
Honorable Mark A. Frankel (Ret.) Dane County Circuit Court Wisconsin, JD 1973; Michigan, BA 1970 FULL BIO
 —Richard J. Medalie, FORUM Arbitrator Richard Medalie is one of the FORUM’s most distinguished neutrals. During the Kennedy Administration, Richard served in Solicitor General Archibald Cox’s office and argued his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court at the age of 33. He possesses... FULL STORY
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TODAY IN ADR
/ March 9, 2010
The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not allow for the appointment of an alternate arbitrator when the designated administrator refuses to hear the parties’ dispute, finding that the selection of an arbitrator implies the waiver of certain procedural rights and that the selection of an arbitral forum is therefore a “material term.”
In Grant v. Magnolia Manor-Greenwood, Inc., No. 26668, 2009 WL 1678204 (S.C. June 15, 2009), Grant admitted his wife to the Magnolia nursing home facility. Upon admission, Grant executed the admission contract on his wife’s behalf. The contract contained a broadly-worded arbitration agreement specifying the National Health Lawyers Association, later the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), as the arbitration administrator...
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