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Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Ten New Year’s (Dispute) Resolutions for 2010

By Victoria VanBuren - January 12, 2010

Victoria Pynchon at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog wrote these thoughtful New Year’s Resolutions. Check them out! I will practice restraint of tongue and pen When my anger flashes, I will pause to remember that behind every accusation is a plea for help When in the midst of a rancorous debate, I will remember to ask for the story behind the opinion I will remember that each of my fellows is struggling with burdens that, if known, would caus

On the International News: Mediation in Hong Kong

By Victoria VanBuren - January 5, 2010

Karl Bayer came across this interesting recent reform affecting the resolution of disputes in Hong Kong: Judiciary makes case for mediation Monday, January 04, 2010 Mediation, a process that aims to resolve disputes and keep them out of the courts, takes another step forward today with the Judiciary opening an information office on the practice.The Mediation Information Office has been established under the Judiciary’s Practice Direction 31

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Railway Labor Act Arbitration Case

By Victoria VanBuren - December 10, 2009

As we were ready to wrap-up the year, the U.S. Supreme Court decides yet another arbitration case. In Union Pacific v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 558 U.S. ___(Dec. 8, 2009), the issue before the Court was whether pre-arbitration conference was a jurisdictional requirement. We will post a summary of the case after we read it and it will be added to our 2009 Year-End post as well.

2009 Year-End Highlights: Arbitration and Mediation

By Victoria VanBuren - December 7, 2009

Disputing is pleased to introduce its Year-End Highlights series. During this month, we will discuss 2009 developments in case law and legislation regarding arbitration and mediation. Stay tuned! Karl Bayer, Holly Hayes, and Victoria VanBuren

ABC News: A Woman Who Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million Arbitration Award From KBR – Former Halliburton Division

By Victoria VanBuren - November 26, 2009

ABC News reported that Tracy Barker, former employee of Halliburton/ KBR has won a $2.93 million arbitration award. Ms. Barker claims that she was sexually assaulted by a U.S. State Department employee in Iraq in 2005. Read more about this case here, here, and here. Technorati Tags: arbitration, ADR, law,

ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: Mediation Video Contest on YouTube

By Victoria VanBuren - November 17, 2009

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is seeking three-minute original videos on the topic of mediation. The contest is open to everyone. Videos may be submitted between November 12, 2009 and January 15, 2010. Incomplete submissions will be disqualified. To be considered a complete submission the Contest Entry Form and an ABA Release Form for each person in the video must be received by the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution by midnight January 15

Texas County Establishes Voluntary Mediation Program

By Victoria VanBuren - November 6, 2009

Hays County, Texas just launched a voluntary mediation program for family and civil disputes. The Hays County commissioners signed a contract with the Central Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution (CTADR), a local ADR firm that will provide the mediation services. The mediation program is effective from October 1, 2009 until September 30, 2010 and applies to disputes between neighbors, employers and employees, consumers and merchants, landlords an

Disputing Mediation Post Quoted by the Dallas Morning News

By Victoria VanBuren - November 2, 2009

We just found out that our Disputing post

ADR Prof: Arbitration and Mediation Bankruptcy Series

By Victoria VanBuren - October 26, 2009

The ADR Prof Blog had recently an interesting series of posts about ADR and Bankruptcy. The posts relate to a conference hosted by the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s University School of Law titled “ADR Meets Bankruptcy: Cross-Purposes or Cross-Pollination.” Good stuff…Check them out: ADR Meets Bankruptcy -Part 1 (Oct. 9, 2009) ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Part 2 – Designing Dispute Systems (Oct. 13, 2009) AD

Fulbright & Jaworski 2009 Litigation Trends Survey Report: Expect Increase in Commercial International Arbitration

By Victoria VanBuren - October 21, 2009

Karl Bayer stumbled upon this year’s Fulbright & Jaworki’s Litigation Trends Survey Report and we thought you might be interested in reading it. Here is an excerpt: How to Resolve? Litigation versus Arbitration: 20. Commercial International Arbitrations Expected to Rise: Nearly a quarter of counsel from large-cap companies and 17% of all respondents expect an increase in the number of commercial international arbitrations they wil