Document Type
Symposium
Abstract
For an organization with a significant number of outstanding lawsuits and pre-litigation claims, it is important to have a comprehensive and disciplined program of managing disputes to produce optimal outcomes with consistency, effectiveness and cost efficiency. Based on my experience at large, complex industrial companies with well over 2,000 litigation matters outstanding at any time, the effective management of the dispute portfolio requires that each matter be managed effectively and that more matters be resolved each year than the number of new matters that arise. The focus of this article is corporate law departments, but the concepts are applicable to any organization. To manage disputes when matters are being handled by a number of in-house lawyers and retained outside counsel requires adherence to a coherent system that has the following critical elements.
Recommended Citation
Stephen F. Gates,
Ten Essential Elements of an Effective Dispute Resolution Program ,
8 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J.
Iss. 3
(2008)
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj/vol8/iss3/5
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Business Organizations Law Commons, Courts Commons, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Commons, Legal Profession Commons, Litigation Commons
