Case #1:  Mediation with two attorneys and book authors on one side and a publishing executive on the other side. The dispute involved a publishing contract, with performance issues on both sides, and the Copyright to a book. The Mediation took about 3.5 hours, with a resolution of all but one issue. The parties then asked the Mediator to serve as an Arbitrator and decide the final issue. Both the Mediation Settlement Agreement and the Arbitration Award could be enforced in a court of law.

Case #2:  Arbitration with a University professor and inventor on one side and the University law department on the other side. The dispute involved the ownership of a patent filed by the professor in his own name on an invention allegedly related to his University work. The Arbitration Hearing took 2.5 days, and the Arbitration Award was issued within a week of the close of the Hearing.

Case #3:  International Mediation with a Japanese company on one side and a U.S. company on the other side. The dispute involved a Joint Venture Agreement and a license of Intellectual Property from the U.S. to the Japanese company. There was a Japanese co-Mediator and the Mediation, held in Japan, was conducted over the course of two weeks, partially due to necessary formalities. The formalities took a bit of time in the beginning, but paved the way to a complete resolution of the dispute, with a new business arrangement in place to the mutual benefit of the parties.

Case #4:  Multi-party patent infringement Arbitration involving a Pharmaceutical company on one side and the inventor and several laboratories involved in the development of a drug on the other side. There were several Preliminary Hearings in this case, primarily to discuss interpretations of the Arbitration Agreement, resulting in various procedural rulings. The Arbitration Hearing lasted for 14 consecutive days, including the weekends, and was conducted with approximately 40 people in attendance, including science experts from around the world. The Arbitration Award was rendered 21 days after the close of the Hearing.

Case #5:  Mediation between a software development company and a bank that purchased software from the company. The dispute was over performance of the software development contract and ownership of certain aspects of the software eventually used by the bank. The Mediation took one day and was successful.

Case #6:  Case Evaluation for a defense contracting company facing government seizure of software developed by the company. The Case Evaluation took approximately three days and resulted in an outline used to settle the dispute with the government and enter into a license agreement.