The following bills are currently being floated around the U.S. House: H.R. 991. To treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services on 02/11/2009. H.R. 1020. To amend Chapter 1 of title 9 of the U.S. Code with respect to arbitration. This is the “Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009.” The bill states that the FAA was originally intended to apply to commercial disputes, not to consumers and employees. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 02/12/2009. H.R. 243. To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor on 01/07/2009.
Continue reading...We thought you’d want to check out this paper by John Allen Chalk and Rebecca Eaton from Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP. The authors do an excellent job at compiling noteworthy cases related to general arbitration, employment, consumer, and class actions arbitration.
Continue reading...As we discussed here, the 81st Texas Legislature is considering an amendment to the Texas Arbitration Act. Senate Bill 222, authored by Senator Royce West, was filed on November 10, 2008 and was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence on February 11, 2009. Should you have any comments about S.B. 222, please feel free to contact us.
Continue reading...Judge Bea Ann Smith, Chuck Herring, and Karl Bayer presented yesterday the issue of Arbitration of Attorney/Client Disputes at the TexasBarCLE. Thanks to Chuck Herring for sharing his paper with us. For more information, visit our previous posts: The Texas Perspective on Arbitration of Attorney/Client Disputes Arbitrating With Your Client? (with link to paper by Dicky Hile)
Continue reading...Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.
Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.