Michael Moffitt

Earlier this Fall, Larry Susskind visited the University of Oregon as part of an ongoing speaker series we host, exploring the intersection of ADR and Environmental and Natural Resources Law.  Larry spoke (occasionally provocatively) about current notions of public participation and deliberative democracy.  An audio recording of his remarks is available at: http://enr.uoregon.edu/media/fireside5_f09.mp3 Michael Moffitt

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Lawyer as Problem-Solver Award for both individuals and organizations.  Information and the nomination form available at: http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=DR020100. Michael Moffitt

The International Association for Conflict Management has issued a call for submissions for its June 24-27, 2010 conference in Boston.  See the call for submissions here: http://www.iacm-conflict.org/2010/call.pdf Hannah Riley Bowles of the Kennedy School at Harvard (who, by the way, is just wonderful) is part of the team organizing the event. Michael Moffitt

Oregon hosted a conference over the past weekend at which Larry Susskind (MIT, PON, and the Consensus Building Institute) was the keynote speaker.  I scribbled a bunch of notes on which I’ll blog at some point.  But first, I have to confess that I had no idea that Larry Susskind has a blog at http://theconsensusbuildingapproach.blogspot.com/.  … Continue reading Larry Susskind in the blogosphere →

The Ohio Supreme Court earlier this fall came out with an opinion in Hodesh v. Korelitz, 123 Ohio St.3d 72 (2009).  For anyone wanting a springboard for teaching the basic differences between High-Low Agreements and Mary Carter Agreements, I think it’s a good case.  It does not include every piece of detail one might reasonably … Continue reading Distinguishing Hi-Lo Agreements from Mary Carter Agreements →

Two recent announcements: Cases and Materials on Arbitration Law and Practice, Fifth Edition  (West) Thomas E. Carbonneau, Penn State ISBN 978-0-31491-142-1 Stone and Bales’ Arbitration Law, 2nd Edition (West) Katherine V.W. Stone; Richard A. Bales ISBN-13:    9781599416465 I’ve not yet given them a look, but given the recent developments in this area of the law, … Continue reading New Arbitration Books (or at least new editions of existing books) →

Not long ago, a federal court in Oregon gratned summary judgment for the defendants in a legal malpractice claim.  The case highlights the stakes involved in expansive mediation privileges.  Or put differently, the case highlights the tradeoffs of having limited exceptions to a mediation privilege.  For anyone looking for a good set of modern facts … Continue reading Mediation Confidentiality & Attorney Malpractice →

… Barrack Obama, as of about half an hour ago.  The four U.S. Presidents to have received the Noble Peace Prize. http://nobelprize.org/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html