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NLRB Directs Regional Offices to Informally Settle Pending Cases Involving Class Waivers in an Employer’s Arbitration Agreement
By Beth Graham - February 28, 2017
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a memo directing the agency’s regional offices to informally settle any pending cases involving employers who maintain arbitration agreements that bar workers from engaging in class or collective action when pursuing work-related claims.
Arbitration Trends 2014
By Beth Graham - December 2, 2014
A survey recently conducted by Today’s General Counsel asked in-house attorneys about their thoughts on arbitration. The results published in Arbitration Trends 2014 indicate that nearly half of lawyers surveyed normally choose arbitration over traditional litigation because it is required by contract.
Highly Accurate Predictive Analytics Used to Help Settle Longshot Mediation
By Beth Graham - February 3, 2014
According to reports, Mary Brennan Stich, Vice-President and Associate General Counsel of Rackspace Hosting, recently used Picture It Settled® in a case that she considered to be a longshot for settlement.
NLRB Defers to Arbitral Decision in Healthcare Employment Dispute
By Beth Graham - May 13, 2013
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) panel has declined to shift the burden to limit the effect of an arbitration award in a healthcare employment dispute. In Shands Jacksonville Med. Ctr. Inc., 359 NLRB No. 104 (Apr. 26, 2013), the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel requested that the board require an employer charged with unfair labor practices to demonstrate that an arbitral award meets the NLRB’s requirements for acceptance rather than require
CPR Webcast, June 8, 2010 |Deal or No Deal: Leveraging Information to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Efficient Deals
By Victoria VanBuren - June 1, 2010
Mark your calendars! Don Philbin, contributor of this blog, will host next week an interesting Webcast entitled “Deal or No Deal: Leveraging Information to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Efficient Deals.” Following is the program description: Using newly-developed computer animation models and traditional decision trees, we will explore the interactive use of outcome scenarios as a means to overcome barriers to settlement. By elic
ABA Teleconference | Class Action Arbitration After Stolt-Nielsen, May 14, 2010
By Victoria VanBuren - May 3, 2010
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution is sponsoring the Teleconference: Class Action Arbitration After Stolt-Nielsen on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:00 – 1:15 PM Eastern Time. The speakers are: Nina Pillard, Georgetown University Law Center (argued the case in the Supreme Court) Chris Curran, White & Case (wrote the brief) Eric Tuchman, General Counsel, American Arbitration Association For more details, click here. To register, click here
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