Brief will give you with the opportunity to provide the facts and circumstances that you feel prove your Claim (supporting evidence) and will request that you upload all supporting evidence in the form of documentation (files, emails) or pictures. That evidence plus your written Claim or Response will be reviewed by the Judge to determine …
You will be given multiple opportunities to upload evidence, which includes documents, emails, photos, transcripts, affidavits/declarations, video, audio, contracts, emails, text messages, etc.
Due to the nature of the Claims that Brief will decide, discovery by the parties is not permitted. However, the E-Judge is allowed to ask substantive questions of the parties at their own discretion and only if needed.
The plaintiff is typically the party that initiates the arbitration process. The defendant is the party against whom the plaintiff has asserted his/her/its Claim.
If you received a notice of a Claim filed against you, you can register on Brief and then you will be able to review that Claim (registration is not an admission of responsibility). You can then respond to that Claim and have it submitted to the E-Judge for resolution. Review of the Claim is without …
Brief is designed for anyone to use the service but you are not precluded from hiring a lawyer if you require a lawyer’s assistance. Brief does not encourage or discourage the use of attorneys for these disputes and it is up to the Plaintiff and Defendant to each decide if they require legal assistance. If …
Most of our participants get to an Award in an average of 45 days, start to finish, a fraction of the time it takes traditional courts, arbitration, or mediation to decide a case.
Brief is designed to be efficient and cost-effective. As such, not all Claims warrant a live hearing or live testimony. The E-Judge assigned to your Claim will decide whether a live hearing or live testimony is required to resolve your dispute or Claim.
A Plaintiff (the one creating the Claim) can sign up and immediately present their Claim and upload and submit all supporting evidence and written testimony. Brief will notify the Defendant of the Plaintiff’s Claim and provide the Defendant with the opportunity to respond to the Claim and upload and submit their own evidence. Once the …
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