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Product Description For decades, the AAA Yearbook on Arbitration & the Law has served as an outstanding source of guidance on legal developments in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The 28th edition of the AAA Yearbook on Arbitration & the Law continues to provide a compilation of the most significant arbitration-related cases, and adds important commentary and interpretation. Many of the cases included in this edition of the Yearbook relate to issues that arise with regular frequency in any given year, but despite the frequency with which they are litigated, they remain fundamental to the development of arbitration law and continue to shape the practice of arbitrators and parties to arbitration proceedings. These cases address disputes regarding the formation of contracts and arbitration agreements, the preemption of the Federal Arbitration Act over state arbitration laws and state court decisions, arbitrator authority, ethics and arbitrator disclosure. The Yearbook also covers matters in depth that reflect issues that address novel or evolving issues, including class actions and arbitration, the applicability of res judicata and collateral estoppel in arbitration, and discovery related issues which continue to remain unsettled in many respects. Finally, the Yearbook s inclusion of a guide to cases which reference the AAA s Rules provides a tremendously valuable tool to anyone who is involved in arbitration research and practice. Review This is a very useful resource for anyone arbitrating under AAA rules. The digests of judicial opinions discussing application of individual AAA rules as seen by U.S. courts are unique and particularly welcome. --James Carter, Counsel, WilmerHale, Former Chair, AAA Board of DirectorsA most magnificent tool for coming to grips with the complex evolution of American Arbitration law. --William Park, President LCIA; Professor, Boston UniversityArbitration & the Law contains not only valuable articles but invalu