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Alternative Dispute Resolution In Real Estate Matters: The New York Experience, Gerald Lebovits, Lucero Ramirez Hidalgo Jan 2010

Alternative Dispute Resolution In Real Estate Matters: The New York Experience, Gerald Lebovits, Lucero Ramirez Hidalgo

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This article is intended to provide an overview of the available ADR options in New York for individuals and those in the real estate industry and the advantages and disadvantages as compared to litigation. The first section examines the different forms of ADR available to the real estate consumer. The second notes the general advantages and disadvantages of these ADR processes. The third looks at the particular advantages of ADR in real estate cases. The fourth presents an overview of different ADR programs promoted in New York to resolve real estate disputes.


Gentrification And Mediation: Where A Single Pronunciation And Differing Perceptions Converge, Tiffany Ansley Jan 2010

Gentrification And Mediation: Where A Single Pronunciation And Differing Perceptions Converge, Tiffany Ansley

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This Note seeks to establish that mediation, when gentrification is involved, is the most suitable form of dispute resolution. Mediation, a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR"), is the most well equipped method of dispute resolution to handle the emotional, legal, and community-based issues that arise as a result of gentrification. I argue in this Note that the effects of gentrification can be significantly reduced or remedied through mediation. The sources from which I draw to support my argument are research on case law dealing specifically with gentrification, research on the perspectives of persons negatively affected by gentrification, commentary and …


First Principles For And Effective Federal Housing Policy, David Reiss Jan 2010

First Principles For And Effective Federal Housing Policy, David Reiss

Faculty Scholarship

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Keep Arbitration Alive: Why The Fairness In Nursing Home Arbitration Act Should Not Be Passed, Margaret Baumer Jan 2010

Keep Arbitration Alive: Why The Fairness In Nursing Home Arbitration Act Should Not Be Passed, Margaret Baumer

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Like it or not, arbitration agreements are part of our lives. Most cell phone and credit card companies include arbitration agreements in their customer contracts. Furthermore, many consumer complaints regarding trades through the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) are resolved through arbitration. However, despite their pervasiveness, consumers generally remain ignorant of arbitration agreements until a dispute arises, whereupon they discover that they must submit to arbitration proceedings, rather than sue sellers. Often, arbitration carries with it the added disappointment of high fees and perceived arbitrator bias in favor of the business entity. The same is true of a nursing …


Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Creatures Of Regulatory Privilege, David J. Reiss Jan 2010

Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Creatures Of Regulatory Privilege, David J. Reiss

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This book chapter addresses the appropriate role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-chartered, privately owned mortgage finance companies, in the United States housing finance sector. The federal government recently placed Fannie and Freddie in conservatorship. These two massive companies are profit-driven, but as government-sponsored enterprises they also have a government-mandated mission to provide liquidity and stability to the United States mortgage market and to achieve certain affordable housing goals. How the two companies should exit their conservatorship has implications that reach throughout the global financial markets and are of key importance to the future of American housing finance …


Slums, Slumdogs, And Resistance, Tayyab Mahmud Jan 2010

Slums, Slumdogs, And Resistance, Tayyab Mahmud

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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