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ICANN: Recent Developments in Internet Governance

By Victoria VanBuren - May 28, 2009

As a future computer scientist, it is hard not to write about the most recent issue of Landslide, published by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. The magazine contains an excellent article by Mark V. B. Partridge and Scott T. Lonardo. The authors discuss ICANN‘s recent developments in the Internet domain name system: Domain Name Tasting. In order to decrease the practice of domain name tasting, ICANN has adopted a new policy to l

ABA Spring 2009 Conference

By Victoria VanBuren - March 27, 2009

Need CLE credits? The Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA will be hosting its 11th Annual Spring Conference next month. The Conference brochure is here and online registration is here.

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Federal Courts’ Arbitration Jurisdiction

By Victoria VanBuren - March 10, 2009

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Vaden v. Discover Bank (No. 07-773) 556 U.S. __ (2009). Interpreting section 4 of the FAA, the Court held that the federal court had no jurisdiction to compel arbitration because the underlying dispute arose under state law and the whole controversy did not qualify for federal-court adjudication. Special thanks to our friend Ross Runkel for bringing this important case to our attention. Visit here profess