Sant’Ambrogio and Zimmerman: Inside the Agency Class Action

Michael Sant’Amrogio (Michigan State) and Adam Zimmerman (Loyola LA) recently posted their piece Inside the Agency Class Action, 126 Yale L. J. (forthcoming 2017), which focuses on the aggregate litigation and settlement techniques in agency adjudication.   The piece is still a work in progress, and they welcome your comments. The abstract is below. Federal agencies … Continue reading Sant’Ambrogio and Zimmerman: Inside the Agency Class Action →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Rishi Batra About “The Half Life of Facts”

This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7:  Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Rishi Batra suggested reading Samuel Arbesman’s book, The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Rishi Batra About “The Half Life of Facts” →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About David Grossman’s To the End of the Land

This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7:  Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. David Matz suggested a scene from the David Grossman book, To The End of the Land (English translation 2010).  Here’s … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About David Grossman’s To the End of the Land →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lawrence Wright’s Thirteen Days in September

This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7:  Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. David Matz suggested the book Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace (2014) by Lawrence … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with David Matz About Lawrence Wright’s Thirteen Days in September →

Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Linda Putnam About Communication in Negotiation

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This is part of the “virtual book club” discussing readings for the symposium at the University of Missouri on October 7:  Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. Linda Putnam suggested four publications.  My introduction summarizes each one, beginning with Linda’s descriptions, which are italicized. John: Thanks so … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Linda Putnam About Communication in Negotiation →

Ninth Circuit joins Seventh Circuit in Rejecting Employment Class Action Waivers under the NLRA

From Reuters: “Ernst & Young LLP cannot require its employees to give up their rights to pursue work-related claims together, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, giving a major boost to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s campaign against so-called class action waivers. Companies have increasingly included provisions in employment contracts forcing workers to … Continue reading Ninth Circuit joins Seventh Circuit in Rejecting Employment Class Action Waivers under the NLRA →

Non-Apology Apologies – Part 1

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The law generally doesn’t do much to promote apologies.  They aren’t included in the panoply of remedies that judges can impose on unwilling parties.  Even if courts could order parties to apologize, the apologies probably would be of the unsatisfying tell-your-sister-you’re-sorry variety. Professor Jonathan Cohen has written wonderful pieces on The Immorality of Denial, 79 … Continue reading Non-Apology Apologies – Part 1 →

Visiting Faculty Position in Negotiation at the U.S. Air Force Academy

The friends of Indisputably at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs asked me to pass along this very interesting opportunity to be a a visiting faculty member: The Department of Law at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, directs an undergraduate Legal Studies Program.  We seek a current, full time … Continue reading Visiting Faculty Position in Negotiation at the U.S. Air Force Academy →

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