The question is a bit strange. Oftentimes, halacha incorporates “secular values,” particularly in the area of dinei mamonos. Halacha often instructs us to follow the minhag hamakom or minhag of the profession/business in the absence of an agreement between the parties to the contrary. Is that “eschewing halacha in favor of secular values”? Halacha directs batei din to conduct themselves in a dignified and orderly manner. If the Shulchan Aruch gives no particular direction, and the beis din incorporates tried-and-true concepts of American legal procedure, is that “eschewing halacha in favor of secular values”?
I could go on. Suffice it to say, the BDA is one of the finest batei din around (in the tri-State area); they follow halacha, and have the knowledge and broadness to be able to fully understand “secular values” when the halacha instructs us to incorporate them.