Last month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have imported the civil mediation process into non-violent, non-sexual, and non-drug-related criminal law matters prosecuted in the state.

Disputing would like to inform readers about a new series published by Corporate Counsel entitled “Drafting the International Arbitration Clause.” Part One, “Joinder and Consolidation,” was made available earlier this week.

We’re excited to announce that the office of Karl Bayer, Dispute Resolution Expert (KBDRE), has outgrown its North Austin facilities!

Mr. Saleh Jaberi, a PhD candidate in the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University in Australia, and Dr. Bruno Zeller, Professor at the University of Western Australia Law School, Fellow of the Australian Institute for Commercial Arbitration, and Visiting Professor at Stetson Law School in Florida, have published “How Much Can it Be Bent Before Breaking? Changing the Foundations of Arbitration in Securities Disputes,” Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 317, 2015.