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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

Corpus Christi COA Orders Employment Discrimination Case to Arbitration

By Beth Graham - October 23, 2015

Texas’ 13th District Court of Appeals has ordered an employment discrimination lawsuit to arbitration. In Ophthalmic Consultants of Texas, P.A. v. Morales, No. 13-15-00278-CV (Tex. App – Corpus Christi, October 15, 2015), an ophthalmology business, Ophthalmic Consultants of Texas, P.A. (“OCT”), apparently hired a physician, Dr. Adolfo Morales, in 2009.

High Profile San Antonio Trust Dispute Sent to Mediation

By Beth Graham - October 21, 2015

A Bexar County Probate Court Judge has reportedly asked the parties engaged in a high profile battle over a trust valued at nearly $1 billion to engage in mediation.

Mandatory Arbitration in Consumer Finance and Investor Contracts

By Beth Graham - October 14, 2015

Michael S. Barr, Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, has published “Mandatory Arbitration in Consumer Finance and Investor Contracts,” New York University Journal of Law and Business, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2015.

Getting to Yes… or No

By Merril Hirsh, FCIArb - October 12, 2015

These days, it is common to hear members of the alternative dispute resolution community point out that the moniker “alternative dispute resolution” is a misnomer. If 90-odd% of cases that are not resolved by motion are going to settle, it is pretty difficult to call settlement the alternative dispute resolution.

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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.