On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit refused to review a district court’s decision to remand a dispute back to an arbitral panel.

Susan Landrum, Director of the Office of Academic Achievement at the Savannah Law School, has published Much Ado About Nothing?: What the Numbers Tell Us About How State Courts Apply the Unconscionability Doctrine to Arbitration Agreements, Marquette Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 3, 2014.

Professor Thomas Stipanowich recently published information regarding three major surveys conducted by the The Straus Institute’s Theory-to-Practice Research Project that produced a wide array of new information on arbitrator and mediator practices as well as insights into corporate use of ADR.

Experienced and well-renowned mediator, Jeffery Krivis, just posted an article on the current role of mediation in achieving efficient and cost-effective settlements entitled The Settlement Drift. Check it out!