Prof. Thomas J. Stipanowich of Pepperdine University School of Law has come out with a smashingly responsible analysis of the most recent Supreme Court arbitration cases. In his article, forthcoming in the American Review of International Arbitration, Stipanowich suggests that the three recent cases -- Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center and AT&T Mobility...
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Retired Magistrate Judge Wayne Brazil was an innovative, dedicated and creative contributor to the growth of court-connected ADR in the 1990s up until his recent retirement. On June 3, he honored the New Jersey State Bar with a keynote speech at the annual New Jersey "ADR Day," and his remarks...
The Supreme Court has ruled (again) that state laws purporting to condition the enforceability of arbitration agreements on grounds not ennumerated in Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act are themselves unenforceable on Supremacy grounds. I teach that principle in my class using Southland v. Keating, and now I can use...
On the second morning of the ABA Dispute Resolution meeting in Denver, attendees were privileged to hear remarks by Prof. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University's Animal Science Department. The subject of a fabulous BBC documentary and a recent HBO biopic, Dr. Grandin is broadly recognized as an innovator in handling...
A reader has brought my attention an obituary that appears in today's New York Times. Eric Schmertz died on Saturday, December 18, 2010. His life, as summarized by Dennis Hevesi for the Times, is quite a lesson for dispute resolvers....
One of the most in-demand items at the ABA Annual Meeting was a seat at the Moscone Center for the panel titled "Shaping the Law: A Solicitor's General Roundtable." The misplaced apostrophe notwithstanding, it was enlightening and a lot of fun. ...
In preparation for next week's Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, I have been delighted to get to know a group of judges who will be offering a program on Saturday afternoon, August 7, on the use of ADR in Business Courts. One of them, Judge Steven I Platt...