Here's what I like about the National Arbitration Forum -- it responds promptly and effectively to its clients -- a quality you look for in an ADR provider.

Earlier, I hipped my readers to NAF's inclusion of depublished cases in its excellent free ADR Law and Policy Update, a service upon which I rely to keep myself current. 

Because I was taught never to rely upon case summaries no matter what the source, before posting an update from NAF, I check it out on WestLaw or Lexis.  Sure enough, a couple of cases cited had been depublished. 

I let NAF know about California's (unhealthy) habit of depublishing more cases than it publishes and received, within days, the following response:  

Good Morning Vickie! In response to your email: our hope is that readers will routinely ensure a case is "good law" before citing it to a court or arbitrator. At any rate, we, the National Arbitration Forum, thank you for pointing out the recent increase in de-published California decisions.

In light of your helpful feedback, we plan to add a disclaimer to the ADR Case Law Archive and perhaps the ADR Law & Policy Update reminding subscribers not to assume that case summaries contain information about subsequent developments.

Thanks again for “hipping” us to the de-published decisions!

Best,

Christina Doucet
Communications Specialist
National Arbitration Forum (FORUM)

You're welcome Christina!  And thanks, as always, for your quick and satisfying response!