Arbitration, Arbitrator Bias, Arbitrator's decision-making, Arbitrators, Bias, Cognitive biases, Investment Arbitration
Arbitrators as Flamingos of Many Colors
This post summarizes the International Court of Justice President Joan Donoghue’s discussion, on Delos Dispute Resolution’s TagTime series, with Dr. Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee regarding cognitive biases of arbitrators, which are also applicable to judges. Judge Donoghue analogized the origin of those cognitive biases to how flamingos obtain their pink color, provided some examples…