Donna Shestowsky (UC Davis) recently announced the winner of this year’s AALS Section on ADR “best scholarly article” award. That award goes to Inga Laurent, An Absence of Accountability, 54 (1) Seton Hall Law Review 137-200 (2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4252910 She also noted that the author has been invited to present the winning article at … Continue reading Winner of AALS Section’s Best Scholarly Article Award for 2023 →

From BFFOI Michael Colatrella (McGeorge): I am writing to remind you to register for the 17th Annual AALS Dispute Resolution Works-in Progress Conference at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento on Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th!  We will also host an optional welcome dinner on Thursday, October 17th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 … Continue reading Registration for AALS DR WIP Conference Now Open! →

From BFOI Peter Reilly (Texas A&M), below is a list of current and exciting scholarship projects either completed or in process as reported by our ADR Prof. colleagues around the country. Joseph Alfe (Texas A&M University) Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple Law) Nondisclosure As Coercion  What is the relationship between a defendant’s demand for nondisclosure as part of … Continue reading ADR Scholarship Projects – July 2024 →

Earlier this year, I blogged here about the SEC’s staying of a rule change (previously approved by the SEC) to FINRA’s arbitration rules barring non-attorney representatives (NARs) from representing parties in its forum. The Stay Order was an extremely unusual move by the SEC, and certainly raised many questions. I just became aware [catching up … Continue reading Follow-up to SEC’s Stay of Rule Change Barring NARs in FINRA Arbitration →

With permission from St. John’s Law School, I am sharing information regarding some remembrances the school has planned for Elayne: Join Us to Celebrate the Life of Professor Elayne Greenberg The Law School community will be gathering with Professor Elayne Greenberg’s son, Carey Alexander ‘12, and her partner, Dr. Robert Kass, for a remembrance celebration. … Continue reading Remembrance Celebration for Elayne Greenberg →

As many of you know, Pace Law School, largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Pace Prof. Eric Bergsten, founded the Vis Moot competition more than 30 years ago. Prof. Bergsten passed away last summer at the age of 92. I am passing along the below call for tributes to Prof. Bergsten from Pace’s International … Continue reading Call for Tributes to Prof. Bergsten →

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the Vis Moot in Vienna, Austria on behalf of my law school and arbitrating a few sessions. I used some of my “down time” to visit the Jewish Museum in Vienna (mainly to learn more about the history of Jewish life and persecution in the … Continue reading Conceptions of Peace →

From FOI Tracy Frisch, Senior Counsel for AAA: I wanted to take a moment to bring this important development to your attention (and your inboxes!) Yesterday, the AAA-ICDR Foundation and the JAMS Foundation announced that they have partnered to create a joint grant of $750,000 to support the Ray Corollary Initiative (RCI, Inc.), and all … Continue reading AAA-ICDR and JAMS Foundations Support Ray Corollary Initiative →

Last month, I blogged here about an important rule change that the SEC approved for FINRA Dispute Resolution. After years of debate about the potential harm to investors by allowing non-attorneys to represent investors in securities arbitration and mediations, FINRA proposed barring them from its forum, if they are compensated. [See the prior post for … Continue reading SEC Stays Its Order Approving FINRA Rule Change Barring Compensated Non-Attorney Representation →

On January 11, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule change to its Codes of Arbitration Procedure and Mediation Procedure — proposed by FINRA — to bar individuals who are not attorneys from representing parties in the FINRA Dispute Resolution forum. Before the rule change, FINRA banned non-attorney representation in its arbitration and … Continue reading Compensated Non-Attorney Representation Banned in FINRA Arbitrations and Mediations →