Preventing the dispute before it begins

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

DLA Piper and the CPR Institute hosted an informative program on commercial dispute prevention mechanisms. The program featured a fireside chat with in-house counsel and the authors of the ABA Business Law Section’s Preventing the Dispute Before it Begins: Proven Mechanisms for Fostering Better Business Relationships, including DLA Piper Of Counsel Allen Waxman.

Billions of dollars are invested annually in business-to-business relationships. Too often, those relationships end up in costly disputes involving legal fees, lost profits, diminished company value, and more.

This comprehensive guide aims to help practitioners understand and adopt proactive dispute prevention practices, outlining 18 dispute prevention mechanisms that can help control and eliminate contract disputes while fostering better business relationships.

Attendees were invited to a cocktail reception after the program.

Location

DLA Piper New York office
1251 Avenue of the Americas
27th Floor
New York, NY 10020

For more information
Please contact Lili Schroppe with questions.

Speakers
Kate Vitasek, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee
Kate Gonzalez, Senior Legal Counsel, Airbus Americas
Jim Groton, Partner (retired), Eversheds Sutherland
Ellen Waldman, Vice President, CPR Institute
Allen Waxman, Of Counsel, DLA Piper