When It’s Time for Alternative Dispute Resolution, ACC Docket

New Era Co-Founder and General Counsel Shane Mulrooney provided a column to the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Docket exploring when alternative dispute resolution versus the traditional courtroom makes sense for a particular matter.

“In my experience, if a legal problem involves huge sums of money or legal rights without which your company cannot operate, a court is probably the best place to resolve the matter,” Shane writes about his own experience as a general counsel for a leading meal kit delivery company, as an outside general counsel for business owners, and as a law firm attorney. “In that space, you are entitled to as much discovery and motion practice as the judge will allow, along with appeals up to a state or federal high court.”

On the other hand, there are a myriad of cases that benefit from the efficiency of modern ADR platforms.

“Newer ADR options offer the same privacy benefits along with speed and cost efficiency, making them useful for the more routine disputes that do not need extensive discovery or motion practice,” Shane notes.

Read Shane’s article in the ACC Docket here.