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Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm Scores Victory for Terminated Equipment Dealer in Confidential Arbitration

Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm Scores Victory for Terminated Equipment Dealer in Confidential Arbitration

by Carmen D. Caruso | Aug 23, 2018 | Arbitration, What's New

Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm prevailed in a recent confidential arbitration proceeding, convincing a panel of three arbitrators in Nashville, Tennessee in a six-day hearing that a prominent manufacturer breached a dealership agreement by terminating its dealer for...
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm Scores Victory for Terminated Equipment Dealer in Confidential Arbitration

Arbitrator rejects Tilted Kilt’s damage claim as ‘disproportionate, unreasonable, unconscionable and grossly oppressive’

by Carmen D. Caruso | Dec 13, 2017 | Arbitration, Franchisees, Franchising

In a recent article for Blue MauMau, Carmen D. Caruso argued (absent a specific agreement) there is no general requirement that the Awards issued in arbitration must remain secret and that Lawyers that try cases for a living know both intrinsically and anecdotally the...
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm Scores Victory for Terminated Equipment Dealer in Confidential Arbitration

The Myth of Secrecy (and Other Problems) in Franchise Arbitration

by Carmen D. Caruso | Oct 17, 2017 | Arbitration, Franchisees, Franchising, What's New

“Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny” – Robert A. Heinlein. Arbitration is heralded as a way of providing for the just and efficient resolution of disputes.  Frequently arbitration fulfills this promise, but too often it does not. Carmen D. Caruso discusses...

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TRIAL TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES

Apr 3, 2025

As the linked trial transcript will show, a key moment in our recent jury trial win came during the cross-examination of the defendants' expert witness. By spending less than an hour researching their expert, we found a case in which a court had excluded his...

William B. Whitner Admitted to Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois

Mar 21, 2025

Congratulations to attorney William B. Whitner on his admission to the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Bill recently completed his first jury trial with Carmen D. Caruso where they successfully won an Illinois State...

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