Courtesy of the Securities Law Prof Blog, read here SEC Commissioner’s Elisse B. Walter’s comments on mandatory securities arbitration at the annual NASAA Conference. The SEC has implied for some time now that it will review securities arbitration, but other Dodd-Frank rule-making mandates have taken up all of its time. It will be interesting to … Continue reading SEC Commissioner Walter on Mandatory Arbitration
From SCOTUSblog earlier this week: Guest contributors consider the implications of the Court’s recent arbitration decisions, including AT&T v. Concepcion, Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds, Rent-A-Center v. Jackson, and Hall Street v. Mattel. In our final symposium before the October Term begins, guest contributors (listed below in alphabetical order) will consider questions relating to the Court’s Federal … Continue reading SCOTUSblog Kicks Off Symposium on Arbitration and the Court
CADRE, the National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education, is hosting a symposium: “Showcasing Exemplary Practices: The Fifth National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education” on October 26-28, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon. The event is intended for state dispute resolution coordinators, directors of special education, dispute resolution practitioners, parent advocates, attorneys, educators, service … Continue reading Dispute Resolution in Special Education
Sean Nolan recently sent out information from his completed survey of how US law schools integrate dispute resolution into their required curricula. The survey was part of the work completed by the Legal Education, ADR, and Problem-Solving (LEAPS) Task Force of the ABA DR Section. I am pasting the information below: Survey overview: The purpose … Continue reading Who Requires Dispute Resolution?
I was delighted to see that the Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska has announced that the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2011 AALS Works-in-Progress Conference has been extended to September 30. This will provide an opportunity for scholars who were unable to submit their proposal by the initial … Continue reading Works-in-Progress Conference–Deadline Extended
I am passing along a note from the organizers of Mediation Settlement Day in New York City: I would like to encourage you to invite your students (and possibly offer extra credit), colleagues and friends to attend our Annual Mediation Settlement Day Kick-Off Event on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the New York City Bar … Continue reading Mediation Settlement Day in NYC
Registration is now open for the 2011-2012 Representation in Mediation Competition. This law school competition provides students the opportunity to role-play as advocates and clients in a mediation setting and measures how well students model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation. Each team consists of two students. In each round of … Continue reading Registration now open for 2011-2012 ABA Representation in Mediation Competition
The New York Times carried a story today about a labor union that is often afraid to ask for more or confront management. In New York, members of the Federation of Catholic Teachers are reportedly working without a contract and as a group tend to not want to confront management, the Archdiocese. When teaching negotiation, … Continue reading A Labor Day Lesson
FOI Jean Sternlight has just announced a symposium in which I expect our blog readers will be interested. The focus is democracy in the workplace, and the symposium will be interdisciplinary in nature. See the below call for papers for details. As Jean notes, Las Vegas is quite nice in February! UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS WILLIAM S. … Continue reading UNLV Law School Saltman Center Call for Papers–Democracy and the Workplace
From the National Law Journal yesterday: “Judge stalls Prius headlight settlement, citing ‘big problem’ with fees” —– A federal judge, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has put the brakes on a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their … Continue reading Prius Headlight Settlement “Stalled”
