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Integrating "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Into Bankruptcy: As Simple (And Pure) As Motherhood And Apple Pie, Nancy A. Welsh
Integrating "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Into Bankruptcy: As Simple (And Pure) As Motherhood And Apple Pie, Nancy A. Welsh
Nevada Law Journal
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Integrating "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Into Bankruptcy: As Simple (And Pure) As Motherhood And Apple Pie?, Nancy A. Welsh
Integrating "Alternative" Dispute Resolution Into Bankruptcy: As Simple (And Pure) As Motherhood And Apple Pie?, Nancy A. Welsh
Faculty Scholarship
Today, there can be little doubt that “alternative” dispute resolution is anything but alternative. Nonetheless, many judges, lawyers (and law students) do not truly understand the dispute resolution processes that are available and how they should be used. In the shadow of the current economic crisis, this lack of knowledge is likely to have negative consequences, particularly in those areas of practice such as bankruptcy and foreclosure in which clients, lawyers, regulators, and courts work under pressure, often with inadequate time and financial resources to permit careful analysis of procedural options. Potential negative effects can include: (1) impairment of a …
Investor-State Disputes: Prevention And Alternatives, Susan Franck
Investor-State Disputes: Prevention And Alternatives, Susan Franck
Susan D. Franck
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Bridging The Gulf: Using Mediated, Consensus-Based Regulation To Reconcile Competing Public Policy Agendas In Disaster Mitigation, Michael N. Widener
Bridging The Gulf: Using Mediated, Consensus-Based Regulation To Reconcile Competing Public Policy Agendas In Disaster Mitigation, Michael N. Widener
Michael N. Widener
In the Deepwater Horizon – Macondo well debacle, experts from the petroleum industry, along with government and non-governmental organizations promoting stewardship of the environment, were among those who planned, executed and advised poorly during the petroleum products spill period. Yet some will be highly vocal persons seeking to influence policies and future regulations. In circumstances involving environmental disasters, ostensibly there are no experts. Conundrums of science and ethics in disaster mitigation fracture debate over the proper courses of action and future government authorizations of industry action. No one person, or modestly – sized group of persons, has sufficient experience or …