New York Arbitration Week 2023

Cooley is pleased to sponsor New York Arbitration Week (NYAW) 2023, hosted by the New York International Arbitration Center. Drawing on New York’s position as a global city, NYAW 2023 engaged local and global practitioners, scholars and thought leaders to showcase New York City as a leading destination for the international arbitration community. Programming highlighted the diversity of New York practitioners and focused on the profound nexus between New York and international arbitration by exploring the use of New York law in contracts around the world and the resolution of global disputes in New York – including not only New York’s role as a seat of international arbitration, but also the position of New York courts in facilitating arbitration. 

Featured agenda item

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST

Digital Dilemmas: Adapting Arbitration to Technological Evolution – A NY Perspective

Cooley arbitration partner Rachel Thorn spoke alongside Ryan Abbott, arbitrator and mediator at JAMS, and Paul Gupta, partner at Rimon. The session was moderated by Kiran Nasir Gore, independent arbitrator, counsel and lecturer at GW Law, with opening and closing remarks from Robert Davidson, executive director of JAMS’ arbitration practice and arbitrator and mediator at JAMS.

Emerging technologies have transformed the business and legal landscape, ushering in a new era of opportunities and challenges. As technology companies continue to push the boundaries of innovation, they also find themselves at the forefront of complex legal disputes. In this rapidly evolving environment, it is crucial for companies, legal teams and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners to stay ahead of the curve to navigate the quickly changing ecosystem of regulations, disputes and technologies. Covering the range from technology services agreements to artificial intelligence, the speakers shed light on the next generation of business opportunities and related dispute resolution. They introduced emerging technologies, provide different perspectives on related challenges and share practical strategies for effective dispute resolution.

Topics covered included:

• How technological developments are giving rise to new substantive disputes and creating new challenges for cross-border disputes.
• How to balance transparency and confidentiality in technology arbitrations.
• How to comply with an increasingly complex global regulatory framework.
• How to best introduce procedural efficiency and avoid enforcement challenges for arbitration in the technology services sector. 

For more information, please email Sydney Sachs.