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SBOT Professional Ethics Committee Issues New Opinion Regarding Lawyer-Mediators
By Beth Graham - September 14, 2018
The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas recently issued a written opinion regarding whether it is permissible for a Texas attorney-mediator to prepare a post-mediation written agreement memorializing any agreed-upon terms and also offer guidance to the parties regarding the inclusion of additional terms that were not previously discussed during the mediation process.
State Chart of Relevant Rules or Provisions Governing Mediator Provision of Legal Advice
By Beth Graham - November 10, 2016
Eleanor Crosby Lanier, Managing Attorney for the Mediation Practicum at the University of Georgia School of Law, has compiled a useful resource entitled “State Chart of Relevant Rules or Provisions Governing Mediator Provision of Legal Advice,” University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-37.
Part Two: Reflections on the State and Future of Commercial Arbitration
By Beth Graham - November 7, 2014
In Part One of this series, Disputing highlighted a portion of Pepperdine University School of Law Professor Thomas Stipanowich’s research paper entitled “Reflections on the State and Future of Commercial Arbitration: Challenges, Opportunities, Proposals.” In the article, along with its companion piece, “Arbitration in Evolution: Current Practices and Perspectives of Experienced Arbitrators,” which was coauthored by Straus Institute for Dispute
Law Review Article | Integrating ‘Alternative’ Dispute Resolution into Bankruptcy: As Simple (and Pure) as Motherhood and Apple Pie?
By Beth Graham - March 22, 2011
Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law recently authored an interesting article entitled, “Integrating ‘Alternative’ Dispute Resolution into Bankruptcy: As Simple (and Pure) as Motherhood and Apple Pie?” Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 11, April 2011; The Pennsylvania State University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 6-2011; Conflict Resolution and the Economic Crisis, Symposium Issue. In her article,
Toolkit to Address Disruptive Behavior in Healthcare Published
By Holly Hayes - February 11, 2011
by Holly Hayes The U.S. Department of Defense has published an on-line Professional Conduct Toolkit designed to help put a stop to disruptive behaviors in healthcare that “undermine team effectiveness, contribute to unhealthy work environments, and put patients at risk.” The toolkit consists of four modules: Professional Conduct, Teamwork, and Patient Safety Responding to Behaviors that Undermine Safe Patient Care Supporting engagemen
Court Affirms Arbitration Panel’s Order to Reinstate In-House Attorney in Employment Discrimination Case
By Victoria VanBuren - April 17, 2009
This week, a Court of Appeals for the State of Wisconsin decided Sands v. Menard, Inc., No. 2008AP1703, 2009 WI App 70. Sands is a former general counsel for Menard, Inc. Her employment was terminated following a dispute over compensation. Pursuant to a mandatory arbitration agreement, Sands submitted her claims to an arbitration panel. The panel found that Menard violated the Equal Pay Act by paying Sands less than a male employee and also found
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