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The International Convention Against Doping in Sport of 2005
By Victoria VanBuren - August 2, 2012
by Renée Kolar Motivations for Drafting the Convention At the Round Table of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport in 2003 initiated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), one of the main issues discussed was doping in sport. Paul Marriott-Llyod, Understanding the International Convention against Doping in Sport SHS/2010/PI/H/2, at 2, available at http://unesdoc.une
Article | Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration
By Victoria VanBuren - May 23, 2012
Professor S.I. Strong (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration, 2012 Journal of Dispute Resolution __ (forthcoming 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Essay considers the tension between the autonomous theory of international commercial arbitration and the more interactive theory advanced by Gary Born during his keynote address at the re
Article | International Arbitration and the Republic of Colombia: Commercial, Comparative and Constitutional Concerns From a U.S. Perspective
By Victoria VanBuren - February 10, 2012
Professor S.I. Strong (contributor of this blog) has published recently yet another interesting article, “International Arbitration and the Republic of Colombia: Commercial, Comparative and Constitutional Concerns From a U.S. Perspective.” The article appears in 22 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 47 (2011). Here is the abstract: Although the Republic of Colombia is one of Latin America’ economic powerhouses, with a free
Karl Bayer Welcomes Its 2011 Summer Interns
By Victoria VanBuren - May 26, 2011
The team at Karl Bayer, Dispute Resolution Expert is pleased to announce that we will be joined this summer by two law students: Renee Kolar. Renee is a J.D. candidate at The University of Texas School of Law. She holds an undergraduate degree in translation (Spanish, French, English) from a French University. Her experience living abroad and studying translation taught her that often times misunderstandings between people arise not just from the
S.D. Texas Sends Case Removed Under 9 U.S.C. § 205 Back to State Court
By Beth Graham - January 26, 2011
The Southern District of Texas has remanded a case removed to federal district court pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 205 because the requirements for allowing a nonsignatory to compel arbitration with a signatory were not satisfied and no other basis for federal jurisdiction existed. In QPro Inc. v. RTD Quality Servs. United States, No. H-09-3904, (S.D. Tex. January 4, 2011), QPro Inc. (“QPro”), a Texas company that performs nondestructive testing and ins
Indiana Appellate Court Holds FAA Preempts State Discovery Statute
By Beth Graham - January 21, 2011
Disputing would like to thank Paul Lurie, partner at Schiff Hardin, LLP’s Chicago office for bringing In re the Subpoena Issued to Beck’s Superior Hybrids, Inc., No. 29A05-1008-MI-489, (Ind. App. January 12, 2011) to our attention. In the case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana held that Section 7 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempted an Indiana discovery statute. Here are the facts: In 2002, Monsanto Company and Monsanto Tec
Western District Compels Arbitration Where Contractor Had Sole Discretion to Arbitrate
By Beth Graham - December 13, 2010
The Western District of Texas has compelled arbitration where the parties to a construction contract entered into an agreement which provided only one party with the discretion to submit any disputes to binding arbitration. In United States ex rel. Gillette Air Conditioning Co. v. Satterfield & Pontikes Constr., No. SA-10-CV-778XR, (12/7/2010), Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. (Satterfield) entered into a subcontract with Gillette
Article | Class Arbitration Outside the United States: Reading the Tea Leaves
By Beth Graham - November 23, 2010
A new paper is available from S.I Strong, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri and contributor to this blog, entitled Class Arbitration Outside the United States: Reading the Tea Leaves. The paper was initially presented at the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Thirtieth Anniversary Annual Meeting on Multiparty Arbitration, held last December in Paris. The finished work appears in Dossier VII: Arbitration and Multipart
Innovation Center Launched by CMS
By Holly Hayes - November 18, 2010
by Holly Hayes On November 17, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established the CMS Innovation Center. The Center will “examine new ways of delivering health care and paying health care providers that can save money for Medicare and Medicaid while improving the quality of care.” The Innovation Center will consult stakeholders across the health care sector including hospitals, doctors, consumers, payers, sta
Article | From Class to Collective: The De-Americanization of Class Arbitration
By Beth Graham - November 16, 2010
S.I Strong, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri and contributor to this blog, recently wrote an interesting article entitled From Class to Collective: The De-Americanization of Class Arbitration, Arbitration International, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2010. In the article, Professor Strong considers in detail what new forms of group arbitration will likely arise in the future. Here is the Abstract: Opponents to international class arbitra
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