NYCLA ISSUES REPORT RECOMMENDING ENACTMENT OF THE NEW YORK CONSENSUS VERSION OF THE REVISED UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Anita Aboulafia – 212-267-6646, ext. 225, aaboulafia@nycla.org

 

NYCLA ISSUES REPORT RECOMMENDING ENACTMENT OF THE NEW YORK

CONSENSUS VERSION OF THE REVISED UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT

 

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 – The New York County Lawyers’ Association (NYCLA) has joined in the issuance of a report recommending the enactment of the Consensus Version of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (NY RUAA), which seeks to improve New York State’s arbitration law in addition to helping preserve the State’s leadership role in arbitration in the United States. The New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar have also issued the Report and supported enactment of the proposed legislation.

 

The NY RUAA is a modified version of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA) that has been enacted into law in 12 states. The New York version of the RUAA was crafted by a joint committee of members of New York State and local bar associations, including NYCLA’s Arbitration and ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Committee. Among the issues unique to New York addressed in the report is the Notice of Intention to Arbitrate (CPLR §7503 (c)), which enables parties to ensure that arbitrability issues are raised early in the process of the resolution of a dispute.

 

The New York County Lawyers’ Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as the first major bar association in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

 

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