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Understand AAA arbitration.
A plain-language library for counsel and parties: how AAA commercial arbitration works, what it costs, how long it takes, how awards are enforced, and how to choose the arbitrator. Written to be useful — no selling, sources cited.
The library
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- The process
How AAA arbitration works
The eight stages of a AAA commercial arbitration, from the agreement to arbitrate through a final, enforceable award. - The economics
What AAA arbitration costs
The categories of cost — administrative fees, arbitrator compensation, discovery, experts — and what actually drives the total. - The timeline
How long AAA arbitration takes
The stages that set the schedule, typical ranges, and the factors that make a matter faster or slower. - The award
How to enforce an arbitration award
Confirmation under the Federal Arbitration Act, the narrow grounds for vacatur, and cross-border enforcement under the New York Convention. - The decision
Choosing an arbitrator
What counsel weigh when evaluating neutrals — and why the choice is the most consequential decision in the proceeding. - The trade-offs
Arbitration: pros and cons
Where arbitration outperforms litigation, where it does not, and how to decide which forum fits a dispute. - The numbers
AAA administrative fee estimator
The AAA's published Commercial fee schedule as a readable table, with the filing and final fees for a given claim amount and which procedural track it falls into. - The language
Model clause & stipulation language
Ready-to-adapt clause and stipulation language under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules. - Free download
The AAA Arbitration Toolkit
Model language, a choosing-an-arbitrator checklist, and a timeline — sent free to your inbox.
Weekly Brief
What moved in arbitration this week.
Once a week: the decisions, agency guidance, and firm commentary worth knowing — each described plainly and linked to its source. Drawn only from Federal Government sites, scholarship, and AM Law 100 publications. Never ranked, never endorsed.
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