Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

We’re Back!!!!
Well, it’s been a while since we published and that is about to change. Since I spent much of last year becoming
JAMS Welcomes Karl Bayer to its Panel of Neutrals
JAMS, the world’s largest private alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider, is pleased to announce that Karl Bayer
Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: The Twenty-First Century Arbitration Battleground and Implications for the EU Countries
Linda S. Mullenix, Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law, has written “Class Ac
Picking the Proper Technological Tool for Problem-Solving in Arbitration
Professor Amy J. Schmitz, John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Translational Data An

Insurer Seeks Approval for Optional Endorsement Requiring Texas Homeowners to Participate in Mediation-Arbitration

By Beth Graham - June 15, 2016

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Company has reportedly filed a request with the Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) seeking to add an optional endorsement to the company’s homeowners insurance policies.

Expanding My Mediation Practice

By Karl Bayer - June 9, 2016

Many of you have asked and the answer is Yes! I am continuing to do complex mediations through my practice, Karl Bayer, Mediator, Arbitrator, and Court Master. I’m also pleased to announce that, thanks to the talents of my partner, we’ll now be doing smaller personal injury, employment, and family law mediations through our new joint venture, KolarBayer Law Firm.

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!

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NLRB Continues to Assert Class Waivers in Employment Agreements Violate the NLRA

By Beth Graham - December 20, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is at it again. In Service Employees Int’l Union v. Montecito Heights Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP, No. 31-CA-129747 (November 30, 2016), an NLRB administrative law judge ruled that a California-based nursing home maintained an illegal voluntary arbitration policy that asked workers to waive their right to engage in collective action in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).