Category Archives: General

The FAA trumps the NLRA: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Decided This Morning

Here’s are some excerpts of Amy Howe’s run down of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on Scotusblog. In 1925, Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act, which (among other things) provides that an agreement to arbitrate a dispute “shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable.” Ten years later, Congress enacted the National … Continue reading The FAA trumps the NLRA: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Decided This Morning →

Stone Soup: Young Scholars Report on ABA Conference Programs

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Don’t you hate it when you want to go to two or three conference programs scheduled at the same time?  Or if you miss a great program because you can’t go to the conference at all?  Or, after you get home from a conference, you can’t remember some great insights you had there? Serendipitously, Linda … Continue reading Stone Soup: Young Scholars Report on ABA Conference Programs →

The New Handshake:  Using ODR to Create Value for Consumers and Businesses

I joined the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Publications Board, which recruits people to write books, reviews book proposals, and oversees the Section’s bookselling operation.  I came to appreciate the importance of selling the Section’s books, both as a way to help finance the Section and to disseminate our ideas.  As part of that effort, … Continue reading The New Handshake:  Using ODR to Create Value for Consumers and Businesses →