Global Arbitration Review Reports Comments Made by Patrick Pearsall on Mandatory Early AI Case Assessments at London International Disputes Week

In the Media  |  June 2, 2026

Global Arbitration Review

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Global Arbitration Review (subscription required) reported on comments made by Washington, D.C. partner Patrick Pearsall at London International Disputes Week. Patrick proposed inserting a mandatory requirement in arbitration agreements to conduct an early case assessment using artificial intelligence.

Patrick pointed out that we are “no longer asking whether AI case assessments are effective, the market has answered that.” The question is whether arbitration’s procedural architecture should “harness it deliberately, or continue to allow each party to use it privately and asymmetrically.”