efficiently. The guidelines urge arbitrators to conduct proceedings in a way that is, from the outset, mindful of what and how the parties will have to present to them which will enable them to take full account of the parties’ presentations and deliver a prompt award. CPR’s “Report of the CPR Patent Mediation Task Force: Effective Prac tices Protocol” – These cut ting-edge protocols were developed by CPR’s Patent Mediation Task Force under the direction of Manny W. Schecter, IBM Chief Patent Counsel and three Subcommittee Chairpersons: Harrie Samaras, Kevin Casey, and John Delehanty. The report endorses the use of ADR in patent disputes, an area in which the cost of litigation has been astronomical. CPR’s Administered Arbitration R u l e s – CPR ’s A r bi t r a t io n Commit tee, Chaired by Ank Santens of White & Case LLP in New York and the Administered Arbitration Rules Subcommittee, Chaired by Robert Smit of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, led the effort to draft the new Administered Arbitration Rules this year. The Rules, which took effect on July,1, 2013, were drafted by users for users requiring an administering authority and
provide the greatest degree of flexibility and control available.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION WEBCASTS As a content provider for Thomson Reuter’s West LegalEdcenter.com, CPR has numerous on-demand CLE courses with many available as podcasts. Webcasts added this year included sessions from the 2013 CPR Annual Meeting. CPR is currently working with LexisNexis to provide a similar service to CPR members.
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE NEGOTIATION PODCAST SERIES CPR’s International Dispute Negotiation (IDN), a podcast examining global conflict resolution, has now broadcasted more than 100 episodes. It is hosted by Michael McIlwrath, Senior Counsel, Litigation at GE Infrastructure – Oil & Gas, in Florence, Italy. The podcast is widely distributed for free in the iTunes store and via Thomson Reuters’ WestLegalEdcenter.com, where CPR has
AM 13: CPR Board of Directors Member Dale L. Matschullat (Schiff Hardin LLP)
AM 13: Catherine Amirfar (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP)
AM 13: Kathleen O’Connor (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
AM 13: Guest, Conna Weiner, and CPR Board of Directors Member Thomas Sabatino (Walgreen Company)
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