The American Law Institute – the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law (think the restatements and various model codes) – recently announced several newly elected members. Among the 14 new members are two members of our dispute resolution community – J.J. Prescott (Michigan) … Continue reading ALI adds Two Dispute Resolution Scholars to Its Ranks
Gary Doernhoefer turned me on to a bot called “Pi.” Apparently, Pi is more conversational than other bots, which seem designed to accomplish tasks like finding information and drafting documents. I was really intrigued and uploaded the app on my phone. I had a remarkable “conversation” as it did a great job of voice … Continue reading Easy as Pi
Maria Volpe notes that a new publication from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, confuses arbitration and mediation. Sad to see this. From the handbook: Important Qualities for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators• Critical-thinking skills. Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators must apply rules of law. They must remain neutral and not let their own personal … Continue reading Department of Labor Confuses Arbitration and Mediation
In Wallrich, et al. v. Samsung, Case No. 22-CV-5506 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 12, 2023), federal district court judge Harry D. Leinenweber ordered Samsung to pay arbitration fees for almost 50,000 arbitration demands – and submit to arbitrating consumers’ claims that Samsung had committed violations of the Illinois privacy laws. Note that the court required this … Continue reading Hoisted By Their Own Petard: Samsung Must Pay Arbitration Fees in Mass Arbitration
On Thursday September 28 (beginning at 12:10 eastern), Texas A&M Professor Cynthia Alkon will deliver The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s 2023 Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution: “Negotiating for Justice in our Criminal Legal System.” Here is the description from OSU’s website. There is widespread and bipartisan agreement that the criminal legal system … Continue reading Cynthia Alkon to Deliver Moritz’s 2023 Lawrence Lecture
I am delighted to link to the most recent issue of the Cardozo Journal on Conflict Resolution here. We hosted this terrific event last fall and are happy to have this wonderful slate of articles and authors as the product. The table of contents is below: Much appreciation to all of our speakers, authors and … Continue reading CJCR Symposium on Hybrid Warfare–In Print and Online!
The International Chamber of Commerce is seeking applicants to be Deputy Counsel, based in New York City, primarily working with cases in the North American region. I’m told that they generally look for folks who are a few years out of law school and know arbitration well, even if they haven’t formally worked in the … Continue reading Deputy Counsel – ICC Court of Arbitration
From Corinne N. Stuber on behalf of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: The ABA Dispute Resolution Section is now accepting program proposals for our 2024 Spring Conference that will be held April 10–13, 2024, in San Diego, CA. This year’s conference theme is Mastering the Future: Revolutionizing Dispute Resolution in a Dynamic World. We … Continue reading Last Chance to Submit Proposal for ABA Conference – Sept. 13 Deadline
So…my youngest son graduated this spring (yay!) and moved home (yay!) and we needed another car (boo!) This was made even sadder by the fact that there was very little negotiation to be done–if you’ve tried to buy a car since the pandemic, you know the market is still quite wonky with a very limited … Continue reading DSD at its Best?
I am posting the following announcement on behalf of the AAA The American Arbitration Association® (AAA®) is the global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and as such, is committed to the growth of diversity and inclusion within the ADR field. Since 2009, the AAA A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Fellows Program has provided training, networking, … Continue reading AAA Accepting Applications for Diverse Student Summit
