PROGRAMS
October 16, 2025 Adam Samuel and I spoke at the International Arbitration Club of New York on Confidentiality: Do the Exceptions Swallow the Rule? in which the bases in common law countries for confidentiality in arbitration were explored as well as some of the common and hidden exceptions, and the possible need for further exceptions.
(Norman Feit with nametag cut off on left)
On October 15, 2025 spoke at the first annual AAA-ICDR Commercial Conference – Resolving Financial Disputes: Arbitration Strategies and Best Practice. On a panel titled From Conflict to Resolution: Handling Financial Disputes Effectively, pictured above.
Mike Lampert, Noah Hanft, Debbie Reperowitz, Scott Partridge, Myrna Barakat Friedman, Jeff Zaino
The Association of Commercial and Transactional Professionals (ACT-ADR) is off the ground. A launch event with speakers and topics not seen before. Proud to be a founder and Secretary.
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Final round of the Dispute Resolution Society Competition at Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University on October 2, 2024! From left, Hon. Doug Mintz (Ret. Superior Crt, CT), Vice-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section; Robert J. Ansell, VP & General Counsel at Power-Flo Technologies; Vivian Breier, Co-Chair of the Corporate and Securities Practice, Abrams Fensterman, LLP; Michael Lampert; Daniel Wollman, CPA, CEO of Gumley Haft
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Natalia Zibibbo, Michael Lampert
Nelson Gallardo, Knar Nahikian
Practical Applications of AI in Dispute Resolution – What You Need to Know. Online – June 13, 2024 | 12pm-1pm ET. AI and Dispute Resolution – Webinar Series presented by CPR Institute’s Y-ADR Steering Committee and the CPR Technology Advisory Alliance.
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Martin Valasek, Deborah Mastin, Michael Lampert, Elisabeth Preston in Toronto
CPR Canada – In-House Counsel Wishlist: Practicalities of Utilizing Dispute Prevention and Management Boards, Toronto, June 4, 2024
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Mike & Natasha Richardson (CPR) in Atlanta
CPR Council’s Regional Meeting in Atlanta, May 8th, 2024. Panel: Using Dispute Boards Across Industries. Discussed the new CPR Dispute Prevention & Management Board rules drafted by Task Force Mike co-chaired.
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Vis Competition judge, Vienna, Austria 23-25 March 2024
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Annual Conference of the CIArb Scottish Branch at the RSE in Edinburgh on 14 March 2024. Mike was on the last panel, ‘Scotland for Arbitration: Progress since 2010 and the future.’
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Interim measures in institutional arbitration versus ad hoc , online on 8 March 2024 (Friday) from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST, hosted by the Stanford International Arbitration Association. Topics included: (i) Pre-Tribunal Emergency Relief in International Commercial Arbitration; (ii) Expedited Formation of Arbitral Tribunal (Sole Arbitrator Appointment); (iii) Comparative Analysis of Institutional Rules on Emergency Relief and Expedited Procedure; (iv) Future Trends and Best Practices in International Arbitration.
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Hybrid Mediations and Arbitrations, NY State Bar Association, 2023 Annual Meeting, Dispute Resolution Section, January 18, 2023
William H. Crosby, Jr., Jay Safer, Lisa Love, Elizabeth Shampnoi, Mike – NYSBA
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Tough Calls and Recovery Issues in Arbitration, ADR Committee of the Commercial & Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (panelist) 6 December 2022 12:30 PM
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Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Mediation Symposium 2022. Panelist at its (virtual) Miami Hub (registration required), 6 October 2022.
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Mock Hearing-International Senior Executive Restrictive Covenant and Confidential Information Litigation, a panel of the Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders program sponsored by the International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors in London on June 14, 2022
London: David Fisher (chair), Diya Sen Gupta, Jonathan Cohen QC, Selwyn Block QC (UK Judge), me (US Judge), Jennifer Platzkere Snyder, Amit Bindra
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Co-moderator, Members Forum – Thorny and Topical Issues of Arbitration Law or Practice, CIArbNY, May 26, 2022
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Tutor, CIArb Accelerated Route to Fellowship, December 8-9, 2023, August 19-20, 2021
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SVAMC Corporate Counsel ADR Clinic Webinar No. 3 | Internal and External Disagreements: Is Resolving Them Really Different?
March 24, 2021 (video link to program Mike moderated)
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Best Practices for Negotiating, Mediating and Settling Employment Related Litigations – Fordham Law School Bridge the Gap
January 15, 2021
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Arbitrators in 3-D: Death, Disability and Disqualification
October 25, 2019 – Harvard Law School
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Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Employment, (Employment Lawyers Association meeting) London, 9 October 2018) – (my paper in response to Prof. Briggs here)
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International Restrictive Covenants, London, 27 September 2018
London Judging Mock 2018
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Panelist: Getting what You Asked For: Managing a Fast and Efficient Arbitration, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference, NY, NY April 6, 2016.
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PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, Mediation Confidentiality In New York State: Overview of the Current Regulatory and Institutional Landscape with Recommendations, NY Bar Report June 2024
The Singapore Convention on Mediated Settlements and New York’s CPLR: What Do—or Should—They Have in Common?, NYSBA New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, March, 2022, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 37
Is It Time to Modernize Witness Statements in Arbitration?, Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation (CPR), July/August, 2021
Remedying a Slip in an Award, Practical Law Arbitration Blog, 18 May, 2021
What Mediators Want, ACC Docket, May, 2021
The Functus Officio Problem in Modern Arbitration and a Proposed Solution, NYC Bar Report (drafting subcommittee member), April 2021
What Arbitrators Want, ACC Docket, March, 2021
The Role of Personality in Choosing Outside Counsel, ACC Docket, March 2020
Arbitrators in 3-D: Death, Disability and Disqualification, NY Dispute Resolution Lawyer Fall, 2019; with Peter Pettibone, The Death, Disability or Disqualification of an Arbitrator, Commercial Arbitration (КОММЕРЧЕСКИЙ АРБИТРАЖ) July-December 2020
Disclosure of third party funding: a continuing duty? Practical Law Arbitration Blog, June 28, 2019
When Arbitrators Underestimate: The Unintended Consequences of Presuming that Counsel’s Intentional Omissions Were Unintentional, Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation (CPR), October, 2018 ; AAA Dispute Resolution Journal Vol. 73, No. 4
Making Arbitration More Appealing, ACC-Docket, May 2017; NY Dispute Resolution Lawyer Fall, 2017
When the Deal Goes South – Dispute Negotiation [in IP] ALI-ABA 2005
Internet and Personal Jurisdiction NJ Lawyer Magazine 1999