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Class Actions As Alternative Dispute Resolution, John C. Kleefeld
Class Actions As Alternative Dispute Resolution, John C. Kleefeld
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This article situates the action in ADR theory by viewing it as a hybrid process that draws on both the command and consensus portions of a rational dispute resolution continuum. Class action legislation does this in a number of ways, the most important being the scope it gives to courts to approve or disapprove class settlements that have been privately negotiated by defence and class counsel. The rationale is to protect the interests of absent class members and ensure that the legislative goals of class actions-access to justice, judicial economy and behaviour modification-are well served. Class actions can thereby render …
Call For Intellectual Honesty: A Response To The Uniform Mediation Act's Privilege Against Disclosure, A, J. Brad Reich
Call For Intellectual Honesty: A Response To The Uniform Mediation Act's Privilege Against Disclosure, A, J. Brad Reich
Journal of Dispute Resolution
I will discuss and respond to three potential concerns of creating confidentiality through contractual provision. First, contract provisions are not binding on persons not parties to the contract. As a purely legal principle this is undoubtedly correct, but I will argue that while contract provisions cannot specifically bind non-parties, they can decrease the risk of disclosure of mediation communications to and by non-parties. Second, while it is true that contractual provisions may be voided as violative of public policy, I will argue that courts have generally upheld contractual confidentiality provisions and only voided them when the need for confidentiality was …
Checks On Participant Conduct In Compulsory Adr: Reconciling The Tension In The Need For Good-Faith Participation, Autonomy, And Confidentiality, Maureen A. Weston
Checks On Participant Conduct In Compulsory Adr: Reconciling The Tension In The Need For Good-Faith Participation, Autonomy, And Confidentiality, Maureen A. Weston
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Mediation And Domestic Violence: A Practical Screening Method For Mediators And Mediation Program Administrators, Alexandria Zylstra
Mediation And Domestic Violence: A Practical Screening Method For Mediators And Mediation Program Administrators, Alexandria Zylstra
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Presented with such a dearth of standard practices and literature, family mediators have little guidance in whether and how to address cases involving domestic violence. Thus, this article sets forth a mediation screening framework that mediators and mediation program administrators can use to evaluate whether cases are appropriate for regular mediation (joint session without special safety measures), some modified form of mediation, or should be excluded from mediation. Such a method will better ensure a safe and fair mediation experience. Part II briefly examines the controversy surrounding the mediation of cases involving domestic violence, concluding that the arguments against mediating …
Arbitral Discovery Of Non-Parties, Jason F. Darnall, Richard Bales
Arbitral Discovery Of Non-Parties, Jason F. Darnall, Richard Bales
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This article argues that the broad power approach is the better reasoned of the two. Timely discovery of important information is vital in any dispute. Further, fair results should be the goal of any dispute resolution process. The possessor of the pertinent information, i.e., whether it is held by parties or non-parties, should be irrelevant. Part II of this article describes the differences between discovery in litigation and discovery in arbitration. Part III examines the limited power approach to prehearing discovery, which restricts the power of an arbitrator to compel non-party participation in discovery to the actual hearing. Part IV …
Science-Policy Disputes: Resolution Through Data Mediation, Erik S. Knutsen
Science-Policy Disputes: Resolution Through Data Mediation, Erik S. Knutsen
Journal of Dispute Resolution
It is the aim of this article to propose a novel system of dispute resolution for disputes which turn on interpretations of complex but uncertain scientific evidence. Part II identifies a specific subset of legal disputes that can only be resolved through policy judgments from ambiguous scientific data. Recognizing the underlying commonalities of these science-policy disputes offers an opportunity to craft a single dispute resolution mechanism which may be utilized for a wide variety of disputes. Part III outlines the benefits of using a mediation-based dispute settlement mechanism, as opposed to the traditional adversary-style litigation system, for these specific types …
Stop The Stay: Interrupting Bankruptcy To Conduct Arbitration - Slipped Disc, Inc. V. Cd Warehouse, Inc., Matthew Dameron
Stop The Stay: Interrupting Bankruptcy To Conduct Arbitration - Slipped Disc, Inc. V. Cd Warehouse, Inc., Matthew Dameron
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Since its inception, arbitration has affected other practice areas of the law differently. Some practice areas, such as bankruptcy, have created special exceptions to accommodate the growth of arbitration. Arbitration's effect on the automatic stay in bankruptcy is explored in the following Note.
Hold All Arbitrations: Public Policy Invalidations Are On The Loose - Town Of Groton V. United Steelworkers Of America, Christina S. Lewis
Hold All Arbitrations: Public Policy Invalidations Are On The Loose - Town Of Groton V. United Steelworkers Of America, Christina S. Lewis
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The United States Supreme Court has held that arbitration awards derived from collective bargaining agreements may be invalidated based on public policy. However, an arbitration award should only be invalidated if the public policy is explicit, well-defined, and dominant.' This article will examine how the Connecticut Supreme Court applied the public policy test and whether the court adequately justified its decision.
Supreme Court Defines Final Decisions Relating To Arbitration Decisions And Ducks The More Important Costs Issue - Green Tree Financial Corp. - Alabama V. Randolph, The, Franklin D. Romines Ii.
Supreme Court Defines Final Decisions Relating To Arbitration Decisions And Ducks The More Important Costs Issue - Green Tree Financial Corp. - Alabama V. Randolph, The, Franklin D. Romines Ii.
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The United States Supreme Court in Green Tree Financial Corp. - Alabama v. Randolph dealt with two arbitration issues of varying import. The less controversial issue involved defining the term 'final decision' in the context of arbitration proceedings.2 The second major issue in the case provided the Court an opportunity to analyze cost assignments in arbitration agreements that were silent on the issue.3 This issue has generated considerable policy disagreement among the circuits
Be Careful What You Say In Mediation - Indiana Supreme Court Rules That Oral Settlement Agreements Reached In Mediation Must Be In Writing To Be Enforceable - Kirk E. And Martha Vernon V. Adam J. Acton, Garrett S. Taylor
Journal of Dispute Resolution
When parties use mediation as an alternative to litigation, they generally expect the agreement will be binding upon the parties and confidential. However, the parties must ensure that the agreement they reach is reduced to writing or the agreement may not be enforceable. Furthermore, certain things said during the mediation session may be admissible in future litigation proceedings. The Indiana Supreme Court, in Vernon v. Acton, held that until mediation agreements are reduced to writing and signed by the parties, they must be considered compromise settlement negotiations under the applicable evidence rules and are not admissible as evidence of an …
Uniform Arbitration Act: Introduction, The, Timothy J. Heinsz
Uniform Arbitration Act: Introduction, The, Timothy J. Heinsz
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The Uniform Arbitration Act (UAA) is one of the most successful laws promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). Originally passed by NCCUSL in 1955, the UAA has served as the bases of arbitration statutes in some forty-eight jurisdictions. As more parties have incorporated arbitration clauses into contractual relationships, the importance of the UAA and its federal counterpart, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), have correspondingly increased. Supreme Court precedent at both federal and state levels abrogating the common law hostility against arbitration and replacing this attitude with and avowedly pro-arbitration doctrine has enhanced the arbitration …
Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Brent A. Correll, S. Jacob Sappington, David Sims, Blake J. Tompkins
Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Brent A. Correll, S. Jacob Sappington, David Sims, Blake J. Tompkins
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Since 1983, this annual Article 2 has been prepared to provide a survey of recent developments in the case law interpreting and applying the various state versions of the Uniform Arbitration Act3. The purpose is to promote uniformity in the interpretation of the U.A.A. by developing and explaining the underlying principles and rationales courts have applied in recent cases.4
Should The Law Ignore Commercial Norms? A Comment On The Bernstein Conjuncture And Its Relevance For Contract Law Theory And Reform, Jason Scott Johnston
Should The Law Ignore Commercial Norms? A Comment On The Bernstein Conjuncture And Its Relevance For Contract Law Theory And Reform, Jason Scott Johnston
Michigan Law Review
Professor Bernstein's study of the interaction between private law and norms in the cotton industry is the latest installment in her ongoing investigation into the relationship between law and norms in trades ranging from the diamond market to grain and feed markets. Her incredibly detailed and thorough exploration of private lawmaking and commercial norms - and their interaction - stands as one of the most significant contributions to contract and commercial law scholarship made in the last half-century. The cotton industry study upon which I focus in this Comment not only reports fascinating findings about dispute resolution practices, but also …
Private Commercial Law In The Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation Through Rules, Norms, And Institutions, Lisa Bernstein
Private Commercial Law In The Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation Through Rules, Norms, And Institutions, Lisa Bernstein
Michigan Law Review
The cotton industry has almost entirely opted out of the public legal system, replacing it with one of the oldest and most complex systems of private commercial law. Most contracts for the purchase andsale of domestic cotton, between merchants or between merchants andmills, are neither consummated under the Uniform Commercial Code("Code") nor interpreted and enforced in court when disputes arise. Rather, most such contracts are concluded under one of several privately drafted sets of contract default rules and are subject to arbitration in one of several merchant tribunals. Similarly, most international sales of cotton are governed neither by state-supplied legal …
The End Of The Affair? Anti-Dueling Laws And Social Norms In Antebellum America, C.A. Harwell Wells
The End Of The Affair? Anti-Dueling Laws And Social Norms In Antebellum America, C.A. Harwell Wells
Vanderbilt Law Review
Jonathan Cilley and William Graves fought their duel in the early afternoon of February 23, 1838. The two faced off near the Anacostia River bridge leading out of Washington, D.C., having agreed in advance to duel with rifles at a distance of eighty paces. Shortly before three o'clock, they stood opposite one another, and at the signal, they exchanged shots, Cilley firing first. Both men missed. The men who accompanied them to the duel-their seconds-tried to work out the disagreement that led the men to the dueling-ground, but to no avail. For a second time, both stood and exchanged fire; …
The Best Laid Plans: How Unrestrained Arbitration Decisions Have Corrupted The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Ian L. Stewart
The Best Laid Plans: How Unrestrained Arbitration Decisions Have Corrupted The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Ian L. Stewart
Federal Communications Law Journal
In the rapidly changing Internet age, a sound dispute resolution policy is needed to address conflict where traditional rights intersect emerging technologies. This Note examines how unfettered arbitration decisions, even those made with the best of intentions, can corrupt a good dispute resolution policy, as is the case with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The Note provides background information on ICANN, domain disputes regarding cybersquatting and reverse domain hijacking, and the Policy. It then explains how ICANN’s dispute resolution providers’ expansive decisions have weakened the Policy by removing the internal limitations that made it strong and effective. Finally, …
International Judicial Practice And The Written Form Requirement For International Arbitration Agreements, Jing Wang
Washington International Law Journal
The requirement that international commercial arbitration agreements must be made in writing is well accepted in most countries and has become a uniform practice in international commercial arbitration law. This is due in large part to the widespread acceptance of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("New York Convention"). Article II (1) provides that "each Contracting State shall recognize an agreement in writing." The term "agreement in writing" is defined in Article 11 (2) of the Convention as "an arbitral clause in a contract or an arbitration agreement, signed by the parties or contained in an …
Do You Want To Step Outside? An Overview Of Online Alternative Dispute Resolution, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 457 (2001), William Krause
Do You Want To Step Outside? An Overview Of Online Alternative Dispute Resolution, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 457 (2001), William Krause
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
The first section of the article discusses the different sites of online Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution (ADR). The author discusses Virtual Magistrate, settlement sites (focusing on ClickNSettle), SquareTrade, iLevel, Internet Neutral, and the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Process of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The second section of the article addresses the usefulness and policy issues surrounding online ADR. Among the issues discussed in this section are the effect on consumer confidence, jurisdiction and enforcement, fees, and limited hearings and discovery.
The Changing Role Of Labor Arbitration, Theodore J. St. Antoine
The Changing Role Of Labor Arbitration, Theodore J. St. Antoine
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: New Rules for a New Game: Regulating Employment Relationships in the 21st Century, held at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.
Icann't Use My Domain Name? The Real World Application Of Icann's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1027 (2001), Karl Maersch
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Paying The Price Of Process: Judicial Regulation Of Consumer Arbitration Agreements, Stephen J. Ware
Paying The Price Of Process: Judicial Regulation Of Consumer Arbitration Agreements, Stephen J. Ware
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Arbitration clauses now appear in many of the form contracts through which consumers obtain goods, services and credit.' Why do so many businesses that deal with consumers choose arbitration? Relative to litigation, arbitration provides opportunities for a business to save on its dispute-resolution costs. If arbitration does, in fact, lower these costs then arbitration lowers the prices (and interest rates) consumers pay because competition forces businesses to pass their cost-savings on to consumers.
Mandatory Arbitration Of An Employee's Statutory Rights: Still A Controversial Issue Or Are We Beating The Proverbial Dead Horse - Penn V. Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Inc., Andrea L. Myers
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Since the early 1980s, the Supreme Court has espoused a strong preference for arbitration in the employment setting. Despite this general preference, the Supreme Court has never clearly stated that mandatory arbitration of statutory rights is always reasonable. This omission has led to much controversy about whether this preference permits the mandatory arbitration of all statutory rights or only those that are amenable to arbitration as defined by the Supreme Court.
Federal Preemption And Vacatur: The Bookend Issues Under The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, Stephen L. Hayford
Federal Preemption And Vacatur: The Bookend Issues Under The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, Stephen L. Hayford
Journal of Dispute Resolution
As one of the two Academic Advisors to the Drafting Committee appointed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL") to revise the Uniform Arbitration Act, I was assigned primary responsibility for the two most important issues pertinent to the Drafting Committee's framing of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act ("RUAA"). The first-the issue of federal preemption-set the baseline for the scope and character of the RUAA by defining for the Drafting Committee the areas of the substantive law of arbitration in which the states are free to regulate, the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") notwithstanding. The second-the issue …
To Litigate Or Arbitrate - No Matter - The Credit Card Industry Is Deciding For You, Johanna Harrington
To Litigate Or Arbitrate - No Matter - The Credit Card Industry Is Deciding For You, Johanna Harrington
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This Comment posits that consumers lose their legal protections in the credit industry when arbitration policies are favored over consumer credit protection policies. Part II will examine the language of credit card arbitration clauses including a discussion of the circumstances under which a credit card holder might bring a claim. Part III will discuss barriers to challenging the arbitration provisions. Part IV will summarize how the courts have addressed mandatory arbitration clauses in credit cards. Part V will examine traditional consumer credit protection laws, specifically whether the Truth-in-Lending Act is able to protect consumers from mandatory arbitration clauses. Finally, Part …
Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Journal of Dispute Resolution
No abstract provided.
Table Of Leading Comments-Authors Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Table Of Leading Comments-Authors Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Journal of Dispute Resolution
No abstract provided.
Table Of Leading Notes -Authors Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Table Of Leading Notes -Authors Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Journal of Dispute Resolution
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews - Authors/Casebook Case Studies Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Book Reviews - Authors/Casebook Case Studies Prior Issue Index To Volumes 1990-2000
Journal of Dispute Resolution
No abstract provided.