The Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Sharon Press, circulated this announcement on the AALS DR Listserv last week: October 20 (third Thursday in October) is Conflict Resolution Day (as organized by the Association for Conflict Resolution) and the week of October 17 – 23 in Mediation Week (as organized by the ABA … Continue reading Conflict Resolution Day is Coming October 20
In an article about the Supreme Court’s docket of cases pending for its new term, New York Times’ reporter Adam Liptak quotes Justice Anthony Kennedy on the reasons why the Court’s docket is more heavily oriented towards criminal and First Amendment cases. Speaking to reporters at a judicial conference in August, Justice Kennedy stated, “The … Continue reading Justice Kennedy says fewer “big civil cases” on Supreme Court’s docket due to arbitration
In a decision with potentially far-reaching importance for the scope of permissible arbitrations in FINRA’s dispute resolution forum, the Second Circuit held yesterday that an issuer who purchases auction-facilitating services for its auction rate securities from a broker-dealer is a “customer” of that broker-dealer within the meaning of FINRA Rule 12200. See UBS Financial Services Inc. … Continue reading Second Circuit expands FINRA’s arbitration jurisdiction
Here is an announcement about an interesting symposium on international arbitration: On October 21, 2011, keynote speaker Gary Born leads an international group of experts in a frank discussion of issues that can arise when parties combine litigation tactics with international commercial arbitration. The symposium, entitled “Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial … Continue reading Gary Born to be keynote speaker at symposium on international arbitration
Please pass along this announcement to any law students who might be interested: Sponsored by Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, the James E. Beckley Student Writing Competition is a writing contest for law students interested in Securities Arbitration and Securities Law. First Prize is $1000, Second Prize is $750, and Third Prize is $500. The PIABA Bar Journal Board-of-Editors publish the … Continue reading Announcing the 2011 Beckley Student Writing Competition on Securities Arbitration
That is the question raised by this post on the Legal Skills Prof Blog. The authors worry that the rise of technology-driven negotiations (e.g., software algorithms that can produce optimal settlement terms for parties) will replace the need for lawyers to negotiate for their clients. Really? Can we really automate the important search for underlying … Continue reading We don’t need to teach negotiation skills anymore?
Courtesy of the Securities Law Prof Blog, read here SEC Commissioner’s Elisse B. Walter’s comments on mandatory securities arbitration at the annual NASAA Conference. The SEC has implied for some time now that it will review securities arbitration, but other Dodd-Frank rule-making mandates have taken up all of its time. It will be interesting to … Continue reading SEC Commissioner Walter on Mandatory Arbitration
From SCOTUSblog earlier this week: Guest contributors consider the implications of the Court’s recent arbitration decisions, including AT&T v. Concepcion, Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds, Rent-A-Center v. Jackson, and Hall Street v. Mattel. In our final symposium before the October Term begins, guest contributors (listed below in alphabetical order) will consider questions relating to the Court’s Federal … Continue reading SCOTUSblog Kicks Off Symposium on Arbitration and the Court
I am passing along a note from the organizers of Mediation Settlement Day in New York City: I would like to encourage you to invite your students (and possibly offer extra credit), colleagues and friends to attend our Annual Mediation Settlement Day Kick-Off Event on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the New York City Bar … Continue reading Mediation Settlement Day in NYC
Registration is now open for the 2011-2012 Representation in Mediation Competition. This law school competition provides students the opportunity to role-play as advocates and clients in a mediation setting and measures how well students model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation. Each team consists of two students. In each round of … Continue reading Registration now open for 2011-2012 ABA Representation in Mediation Competition
