University of Georgia School of Law Assistant Professor Jaime Dodge has published “Privatizing Mass Settlement,” 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 335 (2014); UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-2. In her scholarly article, Professor Dodge examines privatized bilateral mass settlement as an alternative to both arbitration and multi-district litigation.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed its prior decision affirming summary judgment in favor of an insurance company that refused to pay an arbitral award in a construction defect case. In Crownover v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co., No. 11-10166, a Texas couple, the Crownovers, initiated arbitration against the company that built their defective home, Arrow.

In a 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court has rejected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s practice of reviewing all instances of district court patent claim construction using a de novo standard. In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 13-854 (January 20, 2015), a pharmaceutical company, Teva, held the patent for the manufacturing method used to create a drug called Copaxone.

Nancy H. Rogers, Professor Emeritus of Law at the Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law has authored a timely paper entitled, “When Conflicts Polarize Communities: Designing Localized Offices that Intervene Collaboratively,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Forthcoming; Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 283.