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Michael Erdle

Address: 

Practical Resolutions Inc.
400- 150 York Street
Toronto, ON, M5H 3S5
Canada

Phone Number: 
416-941-8258
Fax Number: 
416-907-3435
Email: 
michael.erdle@practicalresolutions.ca
Born: 
1956, Toronto, Canada
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Canadian
Education: 
Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB, 1986
Carleton University, Bachelor of Journalism, 1978
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario, Canada, 1988.
Present Position: 
Arbitrator and Mediator, Practical Resolutions Inc.
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Deeth Williams Wall LLP, 1994 to present; Associate, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Toronto, 1988-1994.

Professional Associations: 

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow); ADR Institute of Canada (Chartered Arbitrator).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

International Chamber of Commerce, Canada; World Intellectual Property Organization; International Trademark Association; Independent Film and Television Association; IP Neutrals of Canada; British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center; Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan.

Arbitration Experience: 

Appointed sole arbitrator in more than 30 matters since 2005. These include, in the past five years: 2015 – interim arbitrator in application for urgent interim measures under ADR Institute of Canada Arbitration Rules; 2015 – IFTA arbitration; 2014 – technology development contract dispute; 2013 – computer system implementation agreement dispute; 2013 – telecom services contract dispute (med/arb); 2012 – software development services dispute; 2012 – software licensing dispute; 2010 – development and ownership dispute; 2013-2015 – motor vehicle arbitrations (CAMVAP).

Areas of Specialization: 
Communications Law
Contracts
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property
Internet Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Bi-monthly Dispute Resolution Column, Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine, 2012-2015, http://www.slaw.ca/author/erdle/; “Dispute Resolution Boards – A New Model for Dispute Management in Complex IT Projects”, Toronto, Ontario Bar Association Technology Section Newsletter, July and September 2010; “Resolving IT Disputes through ADR”, co-author with Colm Brannigan, Toronto, Ontario Bar Association Technology Section Newsletter, 200y and 2008; “International Arbitration of IT Disputes:  Drafting and Enforcing Effective Arbitration Clauses,” Canadian IT Law Association, Toronto, May 2005; “Trade-Marks and Domain Names (Arbitration of domain name disputes)” McGill University, Montreal, Annual course from 2001 to 2013.