The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again ruled that class-action arbitration waivers are unenforceable under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 361 NLRB No. 72 (Oct. 28, 2014), a company, Murphy Oil, required an Alabama employee to sign a binding arbitration agreement as a condition of employment.

Professor S.I. Strong, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law has published “Use and Perception of International Commercial Mediation and Conciliation: A Preliminary Report on Issues Relating to the Proposed UNCITRAL Convention on International Commercial Mediation and Conciliation,” University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-28.

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) arbitration panel has reportedly ordered a Houston-based wealth management company to pay 19 retirees a total of $3.8 million for mismanaging their investment accounts. In the case, a group of former Exxon-Mobil Corporation employees claimed that USCA Capital Advisors LLC mislead them about the company’s investment strategy and performance.

This is the final installment in Disputing‘s series focused on sections of a research paper entitled, “Arbitration in Evolution: Current Practices and Perspectives of Experienced Arbitrators,” by Pepperdine University School of Law Professor Thomas Stipanowich and Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Research Fellow Zachary Ulrich. The article fully analyzes the data obtained in a groundbreaking 2013 survey regarding commercial arbitration practice in U.S. and international disputes.