A former Twitter employee has filed a motion to compel arbitration on behalf of himself and other former employees of the company after Twitter reversed course and refused to proceed with arbitration over the associated fees.
Continue reading...Stephan Wilske, FCIArb, Lecturer at Heidelberg University, Leibniz Universität Hannover, and the German University for Administrative Sciences Speyer and Owner at Gleiss Lutz, and Annemie Heubach, Former Intern at Gleiss Lutz and LPC student at The University of Law, have recently published a timely article titled, “The Global Goals of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)—Are Arbitral Institutions Doing Their Part (at Least, with Respect to the Environmental Pillar)?” Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-30, May 2023.
Continue reading...The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed an order vacating an arbitration award after equitably tolling the statutory deadline to challenge it enumerated in 9 U.S.C. § 12 due to fraud.
Continue reading...J.J. Prescott, Henry King Ransom Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, has published “Using ODR Platforms to Level the Playing Field: Improving Pro Se Litigation through ODR Design,” Legal Tech and the Future of Civil Justice (David Freeman Engstrom, ed.) (Cambridge University Press 2023); U. of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper 23-024.
Continue reading...Larry J. Pittman, Professor of Law and Leonard B. Melvin Lecturer in Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, has published “Arbitration and Federal Reform: Recalibrating the Separation of Powers Between Congress and the Court,” Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 2, 2023.
Continue reading...Jean R. Sternlight, Founding Director of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution and Michael and Sonja Saltman Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, and Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Associate Dean for Research, Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, and Co-Director at the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science at the University of Illinois, have published “High-Tech Dispute Resolution: Lessons from Psychology for a Post-Covid-19 Era,” DePaul Law Review, Forthcoming.
Continue reading...Lydia R. Nussbaum, Associate Director of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, has published “Trial and Error: Legislating ADR for Medical Malpractice Reform,” Maryland Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2017.
Continue reading...The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an arm of the US Department of Health and Human Services, released an announcement on June 5th withdrawing its 2016 Rule prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration agreements for long-term care nursing home contracts.
Continue reading...Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.
Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.