Liz Kramer at Arbitration Nation has written a helpful blog post entitled ArbitrationNation Roadmap: When Should You Choose JAMS, AAA or CPR Rules?. In the post, Ms. Kramer discusses how best to decide which arbitration rules should be used for a particular commercial arbitration clause based upon the specific needs of the parties.

Texas’ Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Antonio has refused to compel a nursing home health care liability lawsuit to arbitration. In The Williamsburg Care Company L.P. v. Acosta, (No. 04-13-00110-CV), several former nursing home residents alleged that a long-term care facility committed a number of acts of negligence against facility patients.

Two Business Law Professors at the University of San Diego just published a thoughtful article entitled The Mediation Solution, BizEd July / August 2013; AACSB International, pp. 58-59, which discusses mediation in the post-secondary educational system.

Disputing would like to thank Professors Kristen M. Blankley, University of Nebraska College of Law, and Liz Tippett, University of Oregon School of Law, for the following guest post: