Frank Sander died yesterday. There is a silly exercise in some arenas (athletics, arts, academe, etc.) in which one is called upon to declare who would be on “The Mount Rushmore of…” whatever is being discussed. Every conceivable, credible construction of the Mount Rushmore of our field would include Frank. Prominently. In whichever pose he … Continue reading Frank Sander 1927-2018
Great article this morning from the National Law Journal, with someone misleading title: “Judge Orders Opioid Lawyers to Come Up With a Settlement Plan.” Available here and text excerpt below. As one who grew up, clerked in northern Ohio, and still names as “hometown” one of the (many) places hard hit by this crisis, I am … Continue reading Opioid Litigation & Judicial Role in Settlement
The National Law Journal reported yesterday on SettlementAnalytics and their predictive algorithms. “The world’s first quantitative legal measurement to indicate the likelihood of a lawsuit proceeding all the way to trial and adjudication” according to the company. I am profoundly skeptical. Or perhaps more accurately, I can easily imagine distortions (or worse) masquerading as mathematical … Continue reading AI and Predicting Settlement
Former President of the American Arbitration Association. From the obituary in the Greenwich Time: Robert Coulson, an international leader in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution, died on September 9, 2017, in Stamford Hospital, Connecticut, following a stroke. He was 93 and lived in Riverside for 40 years. He was president and CEO of … Continue reading Robert Coulson (1924-2017)
From some of the very, very talented people at Consensus Building Institute. Including an e-conversation starting September 8. Details at http://www.climigration.org/. Super impressive. Super timely. Super important. Even if just for three minutes over coffee, skim this website. Today. MM
The California Law Revision Commission has issued a tentative recommendation regarding mediation confidentiality, with a particular focus on the circumstance in which there is alleged misconduct during the course of a mediation (and evidence from the mediation is sought in a subsequent suit). [http://www.clrc.ca.gov/K402.html] At 158 pages, the report is thorough, and in many places, … Continue reading California Law Revision Commission on Mediation Confidentiality
Reported this afternoon in the National Law Journal: “In a June 5 memo sent to all Justice Department component heads and U.S. attorneys, Sessions said DOJ attorneys may no longer enter settlement agreements on behalf of the nation that direct or provide ‘for a payment or loan to any non-governmental person or entity that is … Continue reading AG Sessions vs. cy pres awards
With great delight and without the least surprise, word came earlier this week that both Liz Tippett and Erik Girvan have received tenure at the University of Oregon School of Law. Soon-to-be Associate Professor Liz Tippett is a Negotiation scholar, among other things, and she is co-faculty director of Oregon’s Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master’s … Continue reading Congratulations to Newly Tenured Faculty
@sageboggs: Crazy how people more successful than me are lucky and people less successful than me haven’t worked as hard Somehow, I’m guessing that @sageboggs is not Lee Ross’s Twitter handle, but who knows? MM
Earlier this week, I opened an envelope containing a menu from Conflict Kitchen (ConflictKitchen.org) and I was utterly captivated. I don’t know much of anything about the place. I don’t know the politics or the culinary skills of the owners. I don’t know its typical clientele, its finances, or its plans for the future. I do … Continue reading Conflict Kitchen
