Conflicts of Interest Commentary Article

John Jacobus and Andrew Hefty's commentary article, "Conflicts of Interest Affecting Counsel in International Arbitrations," was published in the August 2005 Mealey's International Arbitration Report.

The article presents a short survey of cases and commentary that deal with conflict of interest matters regarding attorneys in national and international arbitrations, and proposes an analysis of how to approach the issue. The authors favor a system where the arbitrators are empowered to regulate those who appear before them, up to and including imposing an attorney’s disqualification from the arbitration proceedings, all subject to judicial review after completion of the arbitration.