Because I was screaming so much at the television yesterday during the Steelers-Packers game…. It was hard to outscream my three boys but I am proud to say that I am up to the task (my students would not doubt this ability). Following up on my post from last February on football mania, there is definitely something … Continue reading I Can’t Speak
A fun article in the NYT last week (hat tip to Bobbi McAdoo for sending this along) noted a new way of taking advantage of those too inebriated to turn down empirical scientists–run experiments on them! The scientists were interested in how the ultimatum game works when people are a little fuzzy in their thinking. The ultimatum … Continue reading Drinking Games and Negotiation
Melissa Manwaring asked me to post a brief announcement regarding the great “On Teaching” columns in the Negotiation Journal. I often find these columns incredibly helpful so I hope that some of us take her up on the offer below: Negotiation Journal (published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and Blackwell Publishing) … Continue reading Negotiation Journal Seeks Submissions
Last week’s coverage of the pending purchase of NBC by cable giant Comcast reminded me of Jamie Moffitt’s paper presented at the Works in Progress conference last month. Jamie’s article, entitled Merging in the Shadow of the Law: Why Judicial Efficiency Analysis Matters examines current judicial interpretation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act through the lens of … Continue reading Is NBC Bargaining in the Shadow of Fuzzy Antitrust Law?
With another great story about children, a shout out to my RA Erica Hayden for this lovely example of mediation told to her by a friend about her 10-year-old daughter: “Emily” came home from school one day and told her mom how she helped two girls make-up with each other after a bad fight. Emily … Continue reading The Wisdom of Children
This blog posting is brought to us by Professor Sean Nolon at the University of Vermont who told this story to me at the WIP Conference… A few days back, my two young boys, who are 5 and 7, gave me a great interaction to use in my Environmental Dispute Resolution course. It builds on … Continue reading Of Oranges and Liner Posts
At the Works in Progress conference last weekend, amidst much animated discussion on arbitration, Bob Mnookin took any takers with a bet that the Supreme Court will rule that interlocutory appeals from a class action certification are permitted. Dwight Golann argued that the Supreme Court will follow Hall St and rule that these interlocutory appeals are not permitted. … Continue reading Arbitration Betting
It has been 10 days since my grandmother’s funeral and I have been, if not enjoying this past week, definitely enjoying telling stories about her life and her influence on her grandchildren. She died at age 99, laying down to take a rest because she did not feel well—the Torah writes that those who die in their … Continue reading Lessons from my Grandmother
With the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall yesterday, I have been reflecting a lot on divides. I was lucky enough to spend a year working in Germany, from August 1988 to May 1989, in Cologne for the year between college and law school. And, although it killed me not to get … Continue reading Take Down This Wall
Following up to yesterday’s post on gender in different countries around the world, a student sent me a great article about how women in Mexico are dealing with the problem of their gendered context in which male cab drivers generally leer at and make comments about the women in their taxi. In the city of … Continue reading Pink Taxi Power
