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We are pleased to announce the collaboration between JAMS and California Arbitration (CalArb) to support and promote international arbitration in California. The agreement will provide CalArb members and parties in qualifying international matters with access to JAMS’ San Francisco Resolution Center facilities, including its dedicated International Arbitration Suite. Pictured at the signing, from left to right: • Sherman Humphrey • Melissa Lelaind • Jeffery Daar, immediate past president of CalArb • Renee Spertzel • Brody Greenwald, first vice president of CalArb • Margaret Poppe By expanding access to dedicated hearing facilities, the collaboration provides arbitrators, counsel and parties with additional resources and options for resolving complex international disputes in California. Press release here: https://hubs.la/Q04xQhxF0 #TheWayForward #InternationalArbitration

Join JAMS neutral Hon. Mary E. Wiss (Ret.) at the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Class Action Seminar. Judge Wiss will join the panel “Trends in Class Action Settlements,” exploring current developments in class action settlement practices. Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04xQ2ng0 #JAMSEvents

“A decade ago, a construction site's ‘systems’ meant scaffolding, cranes and concrete forms. Today, a commercial construction project runs on a stack of interdependent technology. That digital layer has quietly become as load-bearing as the physical one—and insurance products written for a pre-digital jobsite are not always keeping up. The result is a fast-growing category of coverage disputes centered on system failure coverage.” Read more from JAMS neutral Barbara Reeves, Esq., CEDS. Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04xNgKk0 #JAMSInsights

Join JAMS at the 22nd Annual Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC) Career Strategies Conference. Featured JAMS speakers Hon. Clifton B. Newman (Ret.), N. Damali Peterman, Esq., Hon. Randa M. Trapp (Ret.) and Hon. Gail Tusan Washington, Senior Judge will participate in sessions exploring career decision-making, trial strategy and ethical leadership. JAMS Attendees: • Hon. Cheri Beasley (Ret.) • Hon. Bernice Bouie Donald (Ret.) • Rachel A. Gupta, Esq. • Randy K. Jones, Esq. • Denise Langford Morris, Retired Judge • Melissa Lelaind • Joanne Saint Louis • Patricia Thompson, Esq., FCIArb, CollArb Register here: https://lnkd.in/eGh_Bwrb #JAMSEvents

JAMS is proud to recognize four JAMS neutrals on their admission to the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court. • Steven Bauer, FCIArb, Esq. • Jonathan W. Fitch, FCIArb, FCollArb, Esq. • Amb. (Ret.) David Huebner, F.CIArb, C.Arb, CollArb • Conna Weiner, Esq., FCIArb The PMAC provides mediation, arbitration and other dispute resolution processes for patent disputes within the UPC’s jurisdiction, as well as other disputes relating to European patents and European patents with unitary effect. We are pleased to celebrate this recognition and their continued contributions to international patent dispute resolution. Learn more about intellectual property mediators and arbitrators at JAMS: https://hubs.la/Q04xH7TX0 #JAMSAwards #InternationalArbitration

Join JAMS neutral Joe Ferrentino, Esq. at the 2026 CLM Alliance (Claims and Litigation Management Alliance) Construction Conference. Mr. Ferrentino will speak on “Tools for Successful Mediation: Strategy, Preparation, and Results,” sharing practical strategies for mediation preparation, managing expectations and overcoming negotiation barriers in construction disputes. Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04xGmfp0 #JAMSEvents #ConstructionLaw

“Artificial intelligence is beginning to generate a new category of dispute, and the recent incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face is a good example, not because it settles anything about either company, but because it shows where this is heading.” JAMS neutral Giuseppe De Palo, Esq. discusses AI-on-AI incidents and what a more sophisticated approach to resolving such disputes might look like. Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04xCyk50 #JAMSInsights #AI

Join JAMS neutral Stephen Townley, FCIArb at the American Bar Association International Law Section Fall Conference. Mr. Townley will speak on “From Revolution to Resolution: The Use of Mediation in Varied Conflicts Across the Pond and Around the World,” exploring innovative applications of mediation in complex, multiparty disputes involving land rights, natural resources, and environmental and community concerns. Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04xBh690 #JAMSEvents #InternationalLaw

JAMS is proud to recognize Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Esq., on being named to the 2026 Michigan Legal 250 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in the Alternative Dispute Resolution category. This recognition honors influential attorneys for their professional achievement, leadership, contributions to the practice of law and commitment to serving their clients, colleagues and communities. We are pleased to celebrate Mr. Pozza’s outstanding contributions to ADR and the Michigan legal community. Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04xz7-j0 #JAMSAwards

"Arbitration being a creature of contract, the parties agree upon a process, and when [they do so] they're agreeing to have an arbitrator make a decision. Any type of outsourcing of a decision by an arbitrator puts the award in jeopardy.” In this Law360 article, JAMS Senior VP Elizabeth Carter, Esq. discusses the approach that JAMS is taking to the use of AI in arbitration, including offering arbitrators training sessions on how to use AI tools that also caution them to be wary of things like hallucinations, potential confidentiality breaches and other issues. Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04xv92N0 #JAMSInsights #AI