The Arizona Bar’s monthly magazine, Arizona Attorney, is a surprisingly good read and every month there’s an article that deserves your full attention.   This month, that article is entitled Broemmer v. Abortion Services of Phoenix, Ltd.: Arizona’s Curious Contribution to the Law of Contractual Arbitration.  The Broemmer case, at 840 P.2d 1013 (1992), is in numerous … Continue reading Quaint Remembrances of Contract Law and Arbitration →

We all know Abraham Lincoln’s famous quote about discouraging litigation.  Here’s another we should tell our students, especially when teaching negotiation ethics: There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. Both quotes can be accessed here. Hat tip PrawfsBlog  

  The Supreme Court decided to take the American Express case [an arbitration case].  Because the court took the case even though Justice Sotomayor has recused herself, it looks like the 2nd Circuit will be reversed.   I was in a motorcycle commercial when I was living in Taiwan.  And yes, they dyed my hair … Continue reading Overheard at the WIP Conference →

I’m sitting here the WIP Conference and it’s been a fabulous day so far.  I say that because there  have been some fantastic presentations, and at this point (mid-afternoon) two that have stood out were from Jen Reynolds (propaganda, persuasion, manipulation, and how we teach negotiation) and Ken Kressel (tacit knowledge of mediators).  At this point I’m not … Continue reading Greetings from the Works-in-Progress Conference →

Tomorrow I’m off to the 6th Annual Works-in-Progress Conference, which is being most capably hosted by the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State.  As you’d expect, many of the Indisputably crew will be there to participate in and report on the event.  I hope we can do some live-blogging of the presentations and post about … Continue reading See you at the Works-in-Progress Conference →

James Phillips (JSP student Berkeley) and John Yoo (Berkeley) recently authored a piece entitled The Cite Stuff: Inventing a Better Law Faculty Relevance Measure which Yoo describes as Moneyball Comes to the Ivory Tower.  In the article Phillips and Yoo create a citation based formula for ranking the relevance of law professors that, like all … Continue reading The Most Relevant ADR Law Prof →