Prof. Stacie Strong of the University of Missouri sends this notice: As some of you may know, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has been holding its forty-seventh session in New York these last two weeks. During the meeting, the U.S. Department of State presented a proposal (click...
Tag Archives: Public Policy
Andrew Olejnik of Jenner & Block and Olivier André of the CPR Institute have co-authored an article that appears in Bankruptcy Law Reporter on the growing use of ADR tools in bankruptcy. Dating the trend from a 2009 conference convened by the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, the authors conclude...
We had previously noted the recent, extraordinarily ambitious and incisive report addressing the current state of the European Directive on ADR. We now hear from one of its authors, Prof. Giuseppe De Palo, of a conference on the topic in London, that is available worldwide by internet link. The announcement...
At the Miami ABA Dispute Resolution Conference, James Coban, Janice Fletcher, Art Hinshaw and Susan Yates addressed the provocative topic, “Cosmetologists Are Licensed, Why Aren’t Mediators?” Ms. Yates, of Resolution Systems Institute, clarified some terms of art for the sake of the discussion. “Credentialing” is the big umbrella, the widest term. ...
In Houston, UIA World Mediation Forum Co-President Thierry Garby moderated a panel on mediator ethics. Speakers included Claude Amar, President of the French Academy of Mediators; Trey Bergman of Houston; Jim Lawrence of the University of Houston Law Center; and Patrick van Leynseele of Dal & Veldekens, Brussels....
The UIA World Mediation Forum in Houston has generated the usual mixture of stimulation and camaraderie. The first panel concerned "Mediation: The Judicial Perspective Here and Abroad." Aleš Zalar, former Minister of Justice of Slovenia and currently President of the European Centre for Dispute Resolution of Ljubljana, moderated the panel, and...
At a recent meeting of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, a new mandatory mediation initiative was presented that may be unique in scale in structure. Judge Michael Kaplan of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey explained the program, along with consultants Suzanne...