Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held a federal whistleblower statute did not render an arbitration agreement between a man and his former employer unenforceable. 

A team from remoteadvocacy.com had the pleasure of presenting “Remote Advocacy: New Lawyering Skills Through the Eyes of a Neutral” at the Center for American and International Law, Institute for Law and Technology, 58th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law.

Professor Thomas J. Stipanowich, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law and Associate Dean of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, has published “Arbitration, Mediation and Mixed Modes: Seeking Workable Solutions and Common Ground on Med-Arb, Arb-Med and Settlement-Oriented Activities by Arbitrators,” Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Forthcoming; Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020/25.

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas agreed to hear oral argument following reinstatement of a petition for review regarding whether a non-signatory assignee may be compelled to arbitration following an indemnity dispute. 

The Evelina London Children’s Hospital has reportedly instituted a new mediation project aimed at improving communication between parents and healthcare providers.

The crossroads between healthcare and mediation is in the news again.