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You Know ADR, But What About EDR?

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August 7, 2024

Featured in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and the Orange County Bar Association's "The Briefs"

BMD Member Bob Hager and Partner Jessica Hew recently co-authored a featured article for the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and the Orange County Bar Association's magazine, "The Briefs." Discover their insights on strategically selecting dispute resolution methods and effective implementation tips by reading the full article here. 

Resolution of Legal Disputes
Most lawyers are familiar with mediation and arbitration as alternative forms of dispute resolution. Contracts often require the parties to engage in non-binding mediation as a condition precedent to filing a Complaint or Demand for Arbitration. Local Rules of Court and Case Management Orders often include provisions for court-ordered mediation as a method of reducing the number of civil actions which proceed to trial. Lawyers have various tools available to help clients resolve their disputes. Strategic selection of the preferred dispute resolution method must be made by attorneys and their clients on a case-by-case basis.

While litigation is necessary and appropriate in certain circumstances, it certainly has disadvantages as pointed out by Abraham Lincoln:

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good [person]. There will still be business enough.

With these words of wisdom in mind, lawyers should be creative when deciding how to bring value to and best serve their clients.

Read the full article in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal or the Orange County Bar Association's "The Briefs."

Dispute ResolutionADRLitigationBob HagerJessica Hew
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Community Banks: Collaboration, not isolation, is the key to protecting/ enhancing the cannabis business you pioneered

August 26, 2022As we prepare for the plenary session of the informal institutional cannabis lenders community announced in my previous article, I am pleased to advise that participants now include 5 of the best-known dedicated loan funds; a select group of commercial banks ranging in size from single state community banks to mid-size regionals making cannabis loans into the mid-8 figures; and, a syndicator of credit union cannabis loans.Blog Post

Non-compete Agreements are Under Fire: What Employers Need to Know

August 4, 2022Non-compete agreements are an ongoing topic of dispute. Employers and their advocates point to the efficacy of non-competes in protecting proprietary information. Employees and their advocates argue about worker mobility and that employers unduly burden workers’ ability to seek better jobs. The Biden administration has put forth its position, and state legislatures have introduced bills addressing the enforceability of non-competes. Here is what you need to know:Blog Post

BMD’s Jason Butterworth Quietly Engineers Some of Akron’s Most Impactful Projects

May 18, 2022Jason Butterworth, a team member of BMD’s Business & Corporate practice, focuses his practice on finance, real estate, and tax credit law.Client Alert, Blog Post

Explosive Growth in Pot of Gold Opportunity for Bank (and Other) Cannabis Lenders Driving Erosion of the Barriers

May 13, 2022Our original article on bank lending to the cannabis industry anticipated that the convergence of interest between banks and the cannabis industry would draw more and larger banks to the industry. Banks were awash in liquidity with limited deployment options, while bankable cannabis businesses had rapidly growing needs for more and lower cost credit. Since then, the pot of gold opportunity for banks to lend into the cannabis industry has grown exponentially due to a combination of market constraints on equity causing a dramatic shift to debt and the ever-increasing capital needs of one of the country’s fastest growing industries. At the same time, hurdles to entry of new banks are being systematically cleared as the yellow brick road to the cannabis industry’s access to the financial markets is being paved, brick by brick, by the progressively increasing number and size of banks that are now entering the market.Blog Post

Celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 1, 2022In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month), Brennan Manna and Diamond is proud to recognize the contributions and achievements of our AAPI members.
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