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Archived articles from October 2015
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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1915-2015): The First 100 Years
By Beth Graham - October 26, 2015
Julio César Betancourt, Head of Research & Academic Affairs at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“CIArb”), has published an interesting article entitled, “The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1915-2015): The First 100 Years,” 81 International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Issue 4, 2015, Forthcoming.
Corpus Christi COA Orders Employment Discrimination Case to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - October 23, 2015
Texas’ 13th District Court of Appeals has ordered an employment discrimination lawsuit to arbitration. In Ophthalmic Consultants of Texas, P.A. v. Morales, No. 13-15-00278-CV (Tex. App – Corpus Christi, October 15, 2015), an ophthalmology business, Ophthalmic Consultants of Texas, P.A. (“OCT”), apparently hired a physician, Dr. Adolfo Morales, in 2009.
High Profile San Antonio Trust Dispute Sent to Mediation
By Beth Graham - October 21, 2015
A Bexar County Probate Court Judge has reportedly asked the parties engaged in a high profile battle over a trust valued at nearly $1 billion to engage in mediation.
Mandatory Arbitration in Consumer Finance and Investor Contracts
By Beth Graham - October 14, 2015
Michael S. Barr, Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, has published “Mandatory Arbitration in Consumer Finance and Investor Contracts,” New York University Journal of Law and Business, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2015.
Getting to Yes… or No
By Merril Hirsh, FCIArb - October 12, 2015
These days, it is common to hear members of the alternative dispute resolution community point out that the moniker “alternative dispute resolution” is a misnomer. If 90-odd% of cases that are not resolved by motion are going to settle, it is pretty difficult to call settlement the alternative dispute resolution.
CFPB Proposal Would Allow Consumers to Forego Arbitration in Favor of Class Litigation
By Beth Graham - October 8, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is reportedly considering implementing new regulations that would stop banks and other financial institutions from requiring consumers to settle disputes through binding arbitration.
Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines
By Beth Graham - October 7, 2015
Northeastern University School of Law Professor Brook K. Baker and Katrina Geddes, Master in Public Policy Candidate at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, have written a thought provoking article entitled, “Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines - Eli Lilly v. Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement,” Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 242-2015.
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