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Rethinking Absolute Immunity From Defamation Suits In Private Quasi-Judicial Proceedings, Nat Stern

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

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Arbitration In Securities Exchange Trading Contracts Concluded Between The Financial Intermediary And The Investor In Light Of The Uae Law, Ramzi Madi Dr., Samer Al-Maaytah

مجلة جامعة الإمارات للبحوث القانونية UAEU LAW JOURNAL

With the growing role of financial brokers in securities exchange trading operations in stock markets and their monopoly of buying and selling securities for the account of investors in the financial markets, this has led to the emergence of many disputes between financial brokers and their clients resulting from buying and selling orders for the purpose of concluding trading operations issued by the investor for financial intermediate.

Because of the technical nature of securities exchange trading operations, many countries have sought to find appropriate means to settle such disputes of a special nature, and found that arbitration is one of …

The Arbitration Of Interim Relief In Terms Of Comparative And Emirati Law, Prof. Sayed Mahmoud Ahmed, Mahmoud Fayyad Dr.

مجلة جامعة الإمارات للبحوث القانونية UAEU LAW JOURNAL

The interim protection for legal rights is one of the methods of judicial protection that avoids the risk of delay in the implementation of the law and in providing objective protection for these rights and centers, as well as to preserve them from this risk by taking urgent, temporary or conservative measures by issuing judgments or orders. Therefore, the aim of this research is to answer the following questions: does the arbitrator have the right to consider interim requests to achieve this protection, and if yes what is the legal base of this authority? What are the authorities of the …

Arbitral Analytics: How Moneyball Based Litigation/Judicial Analytics Can Be Used To Predict Arbitration Claims And Outcomes, Benjamin Davies

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

This paper reviews, discusses, and advances the field of artificial intelligence in the field of litigation analytics and its application to arbitrations. To better explain the weight an attorney, judge, arbitrator, or the public should have towards artificial intelligence and its utilization in the legal field, this paper reviews current AI publications in the litigation analytics field, historical examples, ethical considerations for analytics, and issues surrounding the accumulation of litigation data. Thereafter, this combined knowledge and experience is applied to Federal Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration awards with a novel AI program designed to scrape, index, and analyze these awards …

Indiana In The Midst Of #Metoo: The Argument For Enforcing Arbitration In Sexual Harassment Claims, Jonathan Cisneros

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

This note argues that it is in the best interest of sexual harassment victims and the state of Indiana to not follow suit in passing legislation that prohibits employers from requiring mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment cases. This is based on an analysis of the potential factors underlying Indiana’s current lack of legislative movement, the weight of the arguments for and against mandatory arbitration, and consideration of the preemption issues surrounding state laws banning mandatory arbitration. Part II sets the foundation for this note by laying out the most pertinent parts of the FAA and analyzing how the U.S. Supreme …

The Paga Saga, Tamar Meshel

Pepperdine Law Review

Employees routinely enter into employment contracts that contain arbitration ‎agreements and prohibit ‎them from bringing class and/or representative actions. These employees may therefore only bring claims against their ‎employers, ‎whether contractual or statutory, in arbitration on an individual basis. Such arbitration agreements and the class/representative action waivers that they contain are enforced nationwide pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). In California, however, a judge-made rule (the Iskanian rule) prohibits the enforcement of representative action waivers found in arbitration agreements with respect to employees’ claims of Labor Code violations under California’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). A judicial battle is …

The Illusion Of The Public Policy Exception: Arbitration, Law Enforcement Discipline, And The Need To Reform Minnesota's Approach To The Public Policy Exception, Ben Larson

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.

Police Accountability: How Narrowing The Scope Of Arbitration And Limiting Procedural Protections Can Promote Social Trust And Justice, Adrienne Baker

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

No abstract provided.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Practical Solutions For Police Executives To Reduce The Likelihood Of Disciplinary Action Being Overturned Through Arbitration, Spring Sendele

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

No abstract provided.

Should The Call For Systemic Change Start With Police Grievance Arbitration?, Kate Fredrickson

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

No abstract provided.