For countries of the British Commonwealth, last Friday was Remembrance Day, nee Armistice Day. Remembrance Day has been associated with the poppy since shortly after World War I, and the poppy has become an important fund-raising item for the Royal British Legion, the organization of British war veterans. The Legion organizes a huge charity campaign … Continue reading Negotiating Symbolism
On November 7, the Supreme Court ruled, in a per curiam opinion entitled KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1521.pdf, that a state court must order arbitrable disputes to arbitration even if the plaintiff’s complaint contains both arbitrable and inarbitrable claims. Affirming the strong federal policy in favor of arbitration, the Court stated that, “state and federal … Continue reading Supreme Court Rules that State and Federal Courts Must Enforce Arbitration Agreements Even When Nonarbitrable Claims are Present in Complaint
I guess I had not been paying much attention but realized today that the Uniform Collaborative Law Act has been adopted by the National Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and has already been adopted in three states: Nevada, Texas and Utah. In addition, in 2011, it has been introduced in Alabama, District of Columbia, Hawaii, … Continue reading Uniform Collaborative Law Act
It finally hit me yesterday–it’s not that when you travel, you are likely to negotiate. We’ve written and talked about that before. (See our posts from our Israel trip here.) Traveling is negotiation…. at least in terms of preparation. So, yesterday morning I was flying out of Harrisburg to get home in time to teach … Continue reading Traveling with your BATNA
I am forwarding a great report from Sean Nolon about its anniversary DR conference at Vermont last month: On October 12th the Dispute Resolution Program at Vermont Law School celebrated 30 years of teaching dispute resolution with an anniversary conference by hosting Josh Stulberg, Lawrence Susskind, Jack McCrory, Amy Cohen and Phil Harter. The conference … Continue reading DR Anniversary Conference at Vermont Law School
For those of you involved in clinical education, I pass along this RFP for a new clinical conference at ASU. And yes, ADR clinicians are welcome. Request for Proposals Southwest Junior Clinicians Conference Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University March 16, 2012 – Tempe, Arizona The Sandra Day O’Connor College of … Continue reading RFP Southwest Jr. Clinicians Conference
If you’re interested in internation commercial arbitration and weren’t able to make it to the University of Missouri School of Law for their recent symposium, you’ll want to watch the video linked below of Gary Born, a leading international commercial arbitration figure. Here’s a blurb that Stacie Strong, the conference chair, sent my way. Happy … Continue reading International Arbitration Symposium at Mizzou
An interesting post about the intersection of naive realism, group dynamics, perception, and attribution.I’ve not read the book from the post’s author, but I think I’ll add it to my “I really should read this someday soon” stack. A preview of the post’s conclusion: Other people form into groups, and those group memberships affect how … Continue reading The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight (from youarenotsosmart.com)
Last week in honor of ABA Mediation Week, the DR Society here hosted former Senator Russell Feingold for a talk on Civility in Public Discourse. We had a wonderful off-the-record hour (so I can’t tell you all the good stories!–here is me cracking up at one) but what I can say is heartening in terms … Continue reading Senator Feingold on Civility
The New York Times last week posted this article about how costumes reveal much about the lawyers wearing them. (See article & pictures here) Apparently, a lawyers for a foreclosure law firm in upstate New York thought it would be hilarious and appropriate to dress up as the homeless or poor for their annual Halloween party. … Continue reading Halloween Evils?
