Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

Bootstraps on the Ground

By Beth Graham - July 5, 2016

Richard Frankel, Director of the Appellate Litigation Clinic and Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, has published a response to an article previously featured on this blog.

The Politics of Arbitration Law and Centrist Proposals for Reform

By Beth Graham - June 27, 2016

Stephen J. Ware, Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, has published “The Politics of Arbitration Law and Centrist Proposals for Reform,” Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2016.

Regulating Forced Arbitration in Consumer Financial Services

By Beth Graham - June 20, 2016

Professor Martha McCluskey, University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York, Professor Thomas McGarity, University of Texas School of Law, Professor Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University School of Law, James Goodwin, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Progressive Reform, and Mollie Rosenzweig, Policy Analyst at the Center for Progressive Reform, have published a timely report entitled, “Regulating Forced Arbitration in Consum

A Uniform Theory of Federal Court Jurisdiction Under the Federal Arbitration Act

By Beth Graham - June 9, 2016

Kristen Blankley, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, has published a thought-provoking paper entitled, “A Uniform Theory of Federal Court Jurisdiction Under the Federal Arbitration Act,” George Mason Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2016.

Karl Bayer and Disputing Featured by ABA, Texas Bar Today

By Beth Graham - June 8, 2016

There are many exciting things happening at Disputing!

The Impact of Investment Arbitration on Investment Treaty Design: Myth Versus Reality

By Beth Graham - June 4, 2016

Wolfgang Alschner, Post-doctoral Researcher at both the World Trade Institute and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, has performed an interesting empirical analysis focused on the impact of investment arbitration on treaty making.

Gateway-Schmateway: An Exchange between George Bermann and Alan Rau

By Beth Graham - May 25, 2016

The transcript of an interesting discussion between Professor Alan Scott Rau, Mark G. and Judy G. Yudof Chair in Law at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and affiliated faculty member of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business, and Professor George Bermann, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration at Col

Curbing the Runaway Arbitrator in Commercial Arbitration: Making Exceeding the Powers Count

By Beth Graham - May 11, 2016

Sarah Rudolph Cole, John W. Bricker Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Dispute Resolution at Moritz College of Law, has published “Curbing the Runaway Arbitrator in Commercial Arbitration: Making Exceeding the Powers Count,” Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming; Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 344.

The Arbitration Bootstrap

By Beth Graham - May 6, 2016

Christopher R. Leslie, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law has published “The Arbitration Bootstrap,” Texas Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2015; UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-19. In his paper, Professor Leslie examines the legislative intent behind the Federal Arbitration Act and argues the law was never meant to be applied to consumer contracts.

Apparent Dichotomies, Covert Similarities

By Beth Graham - April 26, 2016

Catherine A. Rogers, Professor of Law, Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Ethics, Regulation & The Rule of Law at Penn State Law and Director of the Institute for Ethics, Regulation & The Rule of Law at Queen Mary, University of London, has authored “Apparent Dichotomies, Covert Similarities: A Response to Joost Pauwelyn,” 109 AJIL Unbound 294 (2016).