Readers might be interested in taking a look at the User Guide and other resources developed by the Planned Early Dispute Resolution Task Force of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, which was co-sponsored by the AAA, CPR, and JAMS. The User Guide, largely reflecting the work of Task Force Chair...
The American Arbitration Association has issued new Commercial Arbitration Rules effective October 1, 2013. The changes seem designed to better serve disputants and enhance the commercial rationality of arbitration under the AAA's auspices. As to be expected from the AAA, they are elegant and reflect the thinking of many stakeholders....
Hanging around my notebook are musings and questions waiting for an iron to get hot enough to strike. Well, the iron hasn't and it being August we might as well just lay them down there, unconnected but I hope not worthless....
My father taught me long ago that if you want to catch fish you need to put your hook where the fish are. That's why I have devoted time to the ABA Business Law Section. It's where the folks gather who can benefit from what commercial ADR has to offer. At...
An interesting presentation on dispute prevention was featured at the recent UIA World Mediation Forum in Prague. The presenters demonstrated that project managers, not lawyers, may be the best equipped to save time and money by avoiding disputes. ...
There seems to be a presumption that being a mediator implicates public policy, and that the practice of mediation needs to be somehow regulated for the public good. In my region, for example, one must demonstrate training, skills or both in order to be listed on various court-annexed mediation panels. At...
During a recent meeting of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, GE Oil & Gas Assistant General Counsel Mike McIlwrath shared some cogent and stimulating -- and personal -- observations on the responsibility that corporate end-users must take for the process of international arbitration. Soon after...