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Article | The NLRA’s Legacy: Collective or Individual Dispute Resolution or Not?

By Beth Graham - January 11, 2011

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, A.B. Chettle, Jr. Professor of Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure at Georgetown University Law Center and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California Irvine School of Law, recently published The NLRA’s Legacy: Collective or Individual Dispute Resolution or Not?, ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, October 19 2010; UC Irvine School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-28. In her arti

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - August 9, 2010

The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 111st U.S. Congress. The session will last from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! Bills that passed: The Agricultural Credit Act of 2009 would reauthorize state agricultural mediation progr

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - July 5, 2010

The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 111st U.S. Congress. The session will last from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! Bills that passed: “An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year En

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - June 9, 2010

The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 111st U.S. Congress. The session will last from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! Bills that passed: “An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year En

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - April 8, 2010

The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 111st Congress. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! Bills that passed: “An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010, and for Other Purposes” contains an amen

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - February 25, 2010

U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update

By Victoria VanBuren - January 25, 2010

2009 U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation

By Victoria VanBuren - December 15, 2009

During 2009, the following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced and are currently being considered by the 111st Congress. Click on the bill number for its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 would ban mandatory pre-dispute arbitration in employment, consumer, and franchise contracts. Sen

Pending U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation: Update

By Victoria VanBuren - October 14, 2009

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress began on January 3, 2009 and will last till January 3, 2011. Following is a summary of some alternative dispute resolution bills currently being considered during this session. Click on the bill number for its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Stay tuned to Disputing for more legislative updates! The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 would ban mandatory pr