Season 5 Episode 5 - The Damages Expert

The sound is a bit bad because we’re sitting so far apart (together with editor Jan). Brian has called up damages expert Brent Kaczmarek [TIME 08:25] to benefit from his experience from hundreds of arbitrations. Joel then discusses sovereign immunity from enforcement, and in particular enforcement against central bank assets [TIME 41:48]. During Happy Fun Time we talk about paperless arbitration, a topic which has taken on new relevance in 2020 [01:05:19].

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Season 2 Episode 8 - The Quantum Boy

We're preparing for our trip to the ICCA Congress in Sydney, and in the meantime we talk to Victoria Kummer about New York as a place of arbitration (some mediation came up as well) [TIME 8:24]. In the second substantive segment we quiz "Canadian-Canadian" Quantum Boy Michael Kotrly about damages in international arbitration - how are they calculated and why are lawyers so bad at calculating[37:54]? Unfortunately there is a crackling that shows up sometimes when Michael speaks, for which we very much apologize! This week's happy fun time then focuses on billing and various aspects of that practice, from both a law firm and an arbitrator's perspective [TIME 1:15:12].