Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

Negotiation Via Text Messaging

By Beth Graham - February 7, 2018

Noam Ebner, Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Creighton University Graduate School’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, has written a timely book chapter titled, “Negotiation Via Text Messaging,” in Honeyman, C. & Schneider, A.K. (eds.) The Negotiator's Desk Reference. St Paul: DRI Press.

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Arbitration Dispute Over Texas Wind Energy Contract

By Beth Graham - February 6, 2018

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to consider a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s decision stating the Western District of Texas should not have compelled arbitration in a wind energy dispute because the parties’ case was not ripe for arbitration.

Court of Arbitration for Sport Overturns Lifetime Olympics Ban for 28 Russian Athletes Accused of Doping

By Beth Graham - February 5, 2018

Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) delivered a decision related to 39 lifetime athlete bans that were issued by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”).

A Blueprint for Online Dispute Resolution System Design

By Beth Graham - January 25, 2018

Amy Schmitz, Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published an interesting journal article titled “A Blueprint for Online Dispute Resolution System Design,” 21 Journal of Internet Law 3-11, Forthcoming; University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-07.

NBA Team Agrees to Mediation in Proposed Class Action Case Over Smartphone App

By Beth Graham - January 24, 2018

The Golden State Warriors professional basketball team has reportedly agreed to engage in private mediation with a fan who filed a proposed class action lawsuit claiming the team recorded her private conversations using a smartphone app.

Dallas COA Upholds Confirmation of FINRA Arbitration Panel’s Award

By Beth Graham - January 15, 2018

Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas has affirmed a lower court’s order confirming an arbitration award in a securities case.

Applying the Lessons of International Commercial Arbitration to International Commercial Mediation: A Dispute System Design Analysis

By Beth Graham - January 11, 2018

S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “Applying the Lessons of International Commercial Arbitration to International Commercial Mediation: A Dispute System Design Analysis,” Book chapter in Mediation in International Commercial and Investment Disputes (Oxford University Press, Catharine Titi and Katia Fach Gomez , eds.) 2018 Forthcoming; University of Missouri School of Law Legal

The Blurring of the Public/Private Distinction or the Collapse of a Category? The Story of Investment Arbitration

By Beth Graham - January 3, 2018

Guillermo Jose Garcia Sanchez, Associate Professor of Law at the Texas A&M University School of Law and Affiliated Scholar at the University of Houston’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, has published “The Blurring of the Public/Private Distinction or the Collapse of a Category? The Story of Investment Arbitration,” Nevada Law Journal, Forthcoming.