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LinkedIn Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group: Update
By Victoria VanBuren - September 14, 2009
On May 21, 2009 Disputing and the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum announced the formation of the LinkedIn Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group (post available here), an open forum for the discussion of industry and commercial ADR. The group is co-managed by Philip J. Loree Jr., Karl Bayer, Don Philbin, Robert Bear, and Victoria VanBuren. We are pleased to share with you that the group has since grown to 292 members.
Industry Responses to Medical Malpractice Reform in President Obama’s Health Care Plan
By Holly Hayes - September 11, 2009
by Holly Hayes President Obama’s Plan on Health Care (discussed here and outlined here) includes a provision on medical malpractice reform that instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award medical malpractice demonstration grants to states funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Following are some responses from industry leaders: American Hospital Association (AHA) President and CEO, Rich Umbdenstock, said
President Obama’s Health Care Speech: Tort Reform Implications to Arbitration and Mediation
By Holly Hayes - September 11, 2009
President Obama’s speech (text is here and videos: Parts I, II, III, IV, and V) to a joint session of the U.S.Congress delivered on September 9, briefly mentioned a proposal to move the medical malpractice lawsuits out of the court system and before mediators, medical expert panels, and arbitrators. Although we have not been able to find out the details of the plan –it appears that it will be announced within a month– here is wh
Disputing Is One of Diane Levin’s 24 Alternative Dispute Resolution Blogs to Follow
By Victoria VanBuren - September 8, 2009
Diane Levin, who maintains the impressive World Directory of ADR Blogs and is the managing editor for the Mediation Channel, has named our blog Disputing as one of her 24 Alternative Dispute Resolutions Blogs to Follow. We invite you to read the post and subscribe to her recommended blogs here. Like Disputing, the Mediation Channel is a Mediate.com Featured Blog. Thank you Diane! Karl Bayer, Alyson Chaky, Holly Hayes, and Victoria VanBuren
FEMA Creates New Arbitration Procedure for Claims Related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
By Victoria VanBuren - September 2, 2009
As announced by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, (see press release here) FEMA created a new arbitration process to expedite resolution of outstanding public assistance projects stemming from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The administrative rules to govern this new arbitration process were publish
American Bar Association’s Resolutions on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
By Victoria VanBuren - August 26, 2009
Via the Business Conflict Blog, we learned of the recent ABA Resolutions and Report with respect to the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 (for background, click here and here) and its implications to international commercial arbitration. This is the summary: The American Bar Association should support the use of international commercial arbitration and legislation or regulation that recognizes and aids in the enforcement of international commercia
Disputing’s 4-Year Anniversary
By Victoria VanBuren - August 24, 2009
We are happy to share with you that our blog Disputing turns four today! Disputing was originally conceived by Karl Bayer and Rob Hargrove as a forum for discussion of legal developments as they happen. We have come a long way since our very first blog post: Two Law Review Articles have cited Disputing (here and here). Disputing was mentioned by the Wall Street Journal for covering consumer arbitration clauses and the “Arbitration Fairness
Recent Developments in Arbitration of Consumer Disputes
By Victoria VanBuren - August 14, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Bank of America will no longer require mandatory arbitration on customers’ credit card disputes (hat tip to our blog contributor Glen M. Wilkerson). Find Bank of America’s letter to Congressman Dennis Kucinich here and press release here. Back in July, JPMorgan Chase suspended mandatory arbitration as well. In case you missed the recent developments in consumer arbitration, here are some
State Bar of Texas: Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
By Victoria VanBuren - August 11, 2009
Please join Disputing in welcoming the new leadership (as of July 1, 2009) of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas : John Allen Chalk, Sr., Chair Wendy Trachte-Huber and Stephen Huber, co-editors of the Alternative Resolutions newsletter Susan Schultz, Chair Elect Regina Giovannini, Treasurer Professor Joe Cope, Secretary John K. Boyce, III, Immediate Past Chair Susan Perin, Council Member, Houston Honorable Anne A
Disputing Blog Cited by Law Review Article
By Victoria VanBuren - August 4, 2009
Disputing was cited once again by a Law Review Article. See Litigating Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Fifth Circuit, 41 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 739 (2009). Authors Donald R. Philbin Jr. and Audrey Lynn Maness do an excellent job at surveying Fifth Circuit decisions related to arbitration. Check it out! Technorati Tags: arbitration, ADR, law, Fifth Circuit
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