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Federal Judge Denies Class Arbitration Request in Legal Data Security Case

By Beth Graham - March 30, 2017

An Illinois federal judge has ruled that client data security claims filed against a Chicago-based law firm must be decided through individual arbitration.

Arbitration About Arbitration

By Beth Graham - March 27, 2017

David Horton, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, has written an interesting journal article titled “Arbitration About Arbitration,” Stanford Law Review, Vol. 70, (2017), Forthcoming.

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 Introduced in U.S. House and Senate

By Beth Graham - March 22, 2017

On March 7th, Minnesota Senator Al Franked introduced “The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017” before the United States Senate.

The Three Phases of the Supreme Court’s Arbitration Jurisprudence

By Beth Graham - March 17, 2017

Martin H. Malin, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, has published “The Three Phases of the Supreme Court's Arbitration Jurisprudence: Empowering the Already-Empowered,” Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 17, 2016.

9th Circuit Upholds Employer’s Dispute Resolution Agreement Banning Collective Action

By Beth Graham - March 15, 2017

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an employer’s dispute resolution agreement despite that portions of the provision were unconscionable and it prohibited workers from engaging in collective action.

The Impact of Mandatory Arbitration on the Common Law Regulation of Standard Terms in Consumer Contracts

By Beth Graham - March 8, 2017

James P. Nehf, Professor of Law and Cleon H. Foust Fellow at Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has published “The Impact of Mandatory Arbitration on the Common Law Regulation of Standard Terms in Consumer Contracts,” 85 Geo. Wash. Law Review (2017).

Draft Deal Reached in Law School Naming Dispute Following Formal Mediation

By Beth Graham - March 7, 2017

Two Houston law schools have reportedly resolved an ongoing naming dispute through formal mediation.

Exploring the Interplay between Mediation, Evaluation and Arbitration in Commercial Cases

By Beth Graham - March 3, 2017

Thomas Stipanowich, Academic Director for the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law, and Veronique Fraser, Group for the Prevention and Resolution of Disputes (G-PRD) and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Sherbrooke, have published “The International Task Force on Mixed Mode Dispute Resolution: Exploring the Interplay betwe