The blog has featured a few posts lately on the role and purpose of ADR Law Prof’s scholarship (e.g., here, here and here). Yesterday, at the New York State Judicial Institute at Pace Law School, Professor John Nolon, Director of Pace’s Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes and the rest of his … Continue reading Symposium at Pace on Engaged Legal Scholarship
Yesterday the SEC approved a FINRA-proposed rule change to raise the cap for Simplified Arbitration claims (i.e., paper hearings) from $25,000 to $50,000. As I wrote in a comment letter filed in support of the rule change proposal, which the SEC quoted in its approval order, the higher claim limit should “benefit investors by enhancing … Continue reading SEC Approves Rule Change to Raise the Cap for FINRA Simplified Arbitration Claims to $50,000
In a video clip gone viral last week (hat tip to Scott Peppet), I am linking to the ending of a British game show in which the participants play a version of the prisoner’s dilemma with the winnings at the end. High-stakes one-shot Prisoner’s Dilemma on a British game show with an astounding strategy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/high-stakes-one-shot-prisoner.html … Continue reading Prisoner’s Dilemma Game Show
On April 29, 1992, the Los Angeles riots began. I was a new public defender working in downtown Los Angeles. I remember the announcement that the jury had acquitted the four police officers caught on tape brutally beating Rodney King. The riots started that evening, but I, like most in Los Angeles, thought it would … Continue reading Twenty Years Ago Today
Last Saturday at the ABA Conference, I moderated a panel called “Approaches to Scholarship in ADR,” featuring Michael Moffitt (Oregon), Scott Peppet (Colorado), Andrea Schneider (Marquette), and Jean Sternlight (UNLV). It was a wonderful discussion of the peculiar challenges of ADR scholarship, the mysteries of law review placement, and the demands of tenure for pre-tenured … Continue reading Advice on scholarship
It looks like the CFPB will begin its required study of consumer arbitration. From Ballard Spahr: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced today that is has initiated its study of consumer arbitration as mandated by Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Act. It submitted to the Federal Register for publication a “request for Information Regarding Scope, … Continue reading CFPB will begin study of consumer arbitration
Friend of Indisputably Kristen Blankely (Nebraska) was kind enough to jot down her thoughts about journaling while preparing her for her panel on integrating writing skills into ADR courses. A personal note – I’ve cut way back on the journaling over the years, but I was crazy enough to require 9 journals the first time … Continue reading Why I Assign Journaling
In January, I reported here that FINRA had filed a rule change proposal with the SEC to amend FINRA Dispute Resolution’s Code of Arbitration Procedure to clarify that collective actions are not arbitrable in the forum. The SEC granted accelerated approval earlier this month. The approval order explains that FINRA amended slightly its proposal in response … Continue reading SEC Approves FINRA Proposal to Exempt Collective Actions from FINRA Arbitration
This may be first joke posted on Indisputably. What’s the difference between a terrorist and a mother-in-law? You can negotiate with a terrorist. Moty Cristal – Israeli crisis negotiator during his keynote address.
I know that word that the Cleveland Browns have suffered a defeat is surprising only because we are not presently in the midst of a football season. But [insert your own joke here about how losing habits die hard, know no season, etc. As a school-aged Ohioan in the Mike Phipps and Brian Sipe eras, … Continue reading The Cleveland Browns Lose … but it’s actually news
