Last Friday, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 16-25 reminding member firms that, under FINRA Rules 12200 and 13200, they have a regulatory duty to arbitrate at the request of a customer (account-related disputes) or an associated person (employment disputes). The Notice cited a number of recent circuit court decisions holding that a forum selection clause in … Continue reading FINRA Reminds Broker-Dealer Firms of Their Duty to Arbitrate
This is another 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. Sanda Kaufman suggested Howard Raiffa’s book, The Art and Science of Negotiation: How to Resolve Conflicts and Get the … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman about Raiffa’s Art and Science of Negotiation
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. John: Sanda, I just read much of Schelling’s Strategy of Conflict (1960). Before I talk about the negotiation and dispute … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman About Schelling’s Strategy of Conflict
GFOI Bernie Mayer has a wonderful blog, Staying with Conflict – the Election Edition 2016. Our political discourse is a far cry from what we learned in high school civics class. Past elections have displayed serious problems of misrepresentation, fearmongering, and evasion of serious discussion of critical issues. But it is so much worse this … Continue reading Bernie Mayer’s Great Blog – Staying with Conflict During this Crazy Election
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. John: Sanda, you suggested the books by Schelling, Raiffa, and Kahneman because they reflect a “decision-making” perspective. I will post … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Sanda Kaufman About Decision-Making
Peter Benner and I will do a free webinar on Thursday, July 28, at 3 pm Eastern Time, entitled Streamlining Disputes: The Mediator as Case Manager. Although it’s free, you have to register for it. This webinar is sponsored by the International and Commercial Sections of the Association for Conflict Resolution.
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. Rafael Gely suggested that we read Walton and McKersie’s 1965 book, A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Rafael Gely About Walton and McKersie’s A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations
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. Roy Lewicki suggested his chapter, Teaching Negotiation: The State of the Practice, in Handbook of Conflict Management Research (Oluremi B. … Continue reading Symposium Book Club – Conversation with Roy Lewicki About Key Issues in Negotiation
For those of you with access to the subscription-based New York Law Journal, today’s paper has a special pull-out section on Arbitration, with a spotlight on consumer agreements. The digital (subscription-only) version can be accessed here. Articles cover the CFPB’s rule proposal banning class action waivers, the mandatory arbitration clause debate, nuts and bolts of … Continue reading Today’s NYLJ: Special section on arbitration with spotlight on consumer agreements
As previously noted, the University of Missouri Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution is conducting a symposium, Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. This symposium provides several learning opportunities for students and I would appreciate it if you would pass along this information in relevant syllabi, … Continue reading Please Let Your Students Know About Some Resources for Them This Fall
