The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has announced agreement on a “United Nations Agreement on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation.” Informally named the “Singapore Convention,” the instrument has been hailed as a long-sought mechanism to give cross-border disputants the confidence that, if they engage in mediation...
Tag Archives: ADR
The word is spreading across the internet and the phone lines that Frank Sander died yesterday. His profile in our field is of course stupendous, and he is often -- with good reason -- considered the "father" of the modern ADR movement. But along with others, I most remember private talks or...
As is his practice, Larson Frisby of the ABA Governmental Affairs Office has prepared his annual Federal Legislative Update, reporting on the status of federal ADR legislation and other related proposals and measures of interest to practitioners and public policy followers. Most prominent on the list is the CFPB's final rule...
For many years, a tempest has surrounded public policy approaches to consumer protection, largely implicating three utterly inapt legal constructs: FRCP 23, the Federal Arbitration Act, and traditional principles of contract formation. Accustomed to managing customer complaints but unwilling to expose themselves to the coercion of class actions, companies have...
Many of the presentations at the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Meeting introduced new books in the field. A notable example was Prof. Lela Love and her co-editor Glen Parker explaining the ongoing effort to open up mediation to people around the world who have may not have experienced it by...
The invaluable publisher Drawn and Quarterly has ventured smack dab into current legal controversy with the February 2017 release of Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel, by Robert Sikoryak. The artist has taken the complete text of the iTunes Terms and Conditions and set them to graphic comics form. Moreover, each...
We have previously noted the series of convenings under the auspices of the International Mediation Institute, Herbert Smith Freehills, and others, under the title "Global Pound Conference." The first was held in Singapore in March of this year, and a formal report on the proceedings, as well as a analysis...