Today, a tri-partite arbitration panel sanctioned Lance Armstrong $10 million, ordering him to pay that amount to a prize insurer (who insures price incentives for athletes), as punishment for lying under oath about doping during a previous arbitration among the same parties. SCA Promotions, Inc., the insurer, seeks confirmation of the award in a Texas … Continue reading Arbitration Panel Sanctions Lance Armstrong for Lying Under Oath in Previous Arbitration →

From my colleague, Professor Ellen Deason: Last week, UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) met in New York at the United Nations. I was privileged to attend as an observer sponsored by the Private International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. Thank you … Continue reading Consideration of New UNCITRAL Convention Moves Forward →

If you are interested in an career in dispute resolution and have an interest in academia, I encourage you to apply to become Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law’s next Langdon Fellow. You can apply at jobsatosu.edu. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2015. The position description follows. Please let me know if … Continue reading Langdon Fellow Position at Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law →

For the last several years, one of the best events on the ADR calendar has been the annual Works in Progress Conference coordinated by the AALS Section on Dispute Resolution. Last year’s conference, held in November, was hosted by Southwestern Law School. We are now starting the process of identifying the host for the 2015 … Continue reading Call for Proposals to Host Ninth Annual AALS Works in Progress Conference →

Hearty congratulations to fellow blogger, Cynthia Alkon, who was recently elected to the position of Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on Dispute Resolution. Cynthia will be planning our next program at the annual AALS Conference, among other things. Congrats, Cynthia!

From Reuters: “An Ohio chiropractor can bring a lawsuit against Aetna Inc in federal court despite having already settled his claims against the company, a U.S. judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in New Jersey said last week that an arbitration agreement between chiropractor Peter Manz and Aetna was not binding because his … Continue reading Arbitration Agreement Does Not Preclude Lawsuit By Chiropractor Against His Employer →

Our wonderful colleague and fellow blogger, Jill Gross, has been named the James D. Hopkins Professor of Law at Pace Law School. She will be giving a lecture on November 12, 2014 at noon at Pace, entitled, “Setting the Record Straight: The Supreme Court and 21st Century Arbitration”. We at the blog are very proud … Continue reading Professor Jill Gross to give Hopkins Lecture on Arbitration on November 12th →

Erin Archerd tipped me off that the New York Metropolitan Opera and the unions with which it is negotiating collective bargaining agreements, are trying to call in a federal mediator at the last minute to salvage their negotiations. The article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/arts/music/met-opera-proposes-federal-mediator-for-union-negotiations.html?_r=0. In an interesting note, the article described some special sort of negotiations … Continue reading Mediation, Negotiation and the New York Metropolitan Opera →

From BNA Daily Labor Report: “Justices Won’t Review California Ruling on Unconsionability of Wage Hearing Waivers Posted June 09, 2014, 4:01 P.M. ET The U.S. Supreme Court today let stand a California Supreme Court decision that a lower court may consider whether a waiver of any state administrative wage hearing makes an arbitration agreement unconscionable … Continue reading Unconscionability Still Alive and Well? →