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CyberWeek 2013: Innovations in Online Dispute Resolution
November 8, 2013
CyberWeek has been going on all week -- Don Philbin is presenting at 10:00 a.m. CT this morning. The Keynote Panel follows at 1:00 p.m. We'll also feature archived presentations from the week during the day today. Friday, November 8th Live Webinars: Picture it Settled - Product Demo Presented by Don Philbin @11am Eastern/10am Central/4pm GMT Keynote Panel: ODR Forum - Visualizing the Future Presented by Colin Rule, Ethan Katsh, & Jeff Aresty @ 2pm Eastern/1pm...
November 8, 2013
CyberWeek has been going on all week -- Don Philbin is presenting at 10:00 a.m. CT this morning. The Keynote Panel follows at 1:00 p.m. We'll also feature archived presentations from the week during the day today. Friday, November 8th Live Webinars: Picture it Settled - Product Demo Presented by Don Philbin @11am Eastern/10am Central/4pm GMT Keynote Panel: ODR Forum - Visualizing the Future Presented by Colin Rule, Ethan Katsh, & Jeff Aresty @ 2pm Eastern/1pm...
Send Lawyers, Rigs and Money: The Opening of the Mexican Energy Industry
November 7, 2013
The legal framework governing Mexico’s energy industry celebrated its 75th birthday this year. But the adage, “the older the violin, the sweeter the music” would not apply in this case. Mexico is facing an epic production crisis and its oil and gas industry is in desperate need of capital, technology and technical expertise to turn the situation around. Over the past eight years, crude oil production has declined rapidly, dropping from a peak of 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2004...
November 7, 2013
The legal framework governing Mexico’s energy industry celebrated its 75th birthday this year. But the adage, “the older the violin, the sweeter the music” would not apply in this case. Mexico is facing an epic production crisis and its oil and gas industry is in desperate need of capital, technology and technical expertise to turn the situation around. Over the past eight years, crude oil production has declined rapidly, dropping from a peak of 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2004...
Alternative Dispute Resolution Gets an Online Network
November 7, 2013
Social networkers have Facebook, professional networkers have LinkedIn, and now those looking to learn about and network...
November 7, 2013
Social networkers have Facebook, professional networkers have LinkedIn, and now those looking to learn about and network...
Friday in CyberWeek 2013: Moneyball for Negotiation: Predicting Future Behavior – Acting on the Intelligence
November 7, 2013
LIVE WEBINAR: Picture it Settled - Product Demo Posted by ADRhub.com- Werner Institute on October 28, 2013 at 4:26pm...
November 7, 2013
LIVE WEBINAR: Picture it Settled - Product Demo Posted by ADRhub.com- Werner Institute on October 28, 2013 at 4:26pm...
Efficiency Is the New Legal Pedigree
November 7, 2013
A Harvard Law School degree looks great on paper, but technology-savvy law firms can often trump competitors who come to beauty contests armed only with Ivy League pedigrees. That was the message of the 75-minute In-House Counsel Panel at the 2013 Legal Marketing Technology Conference/West, held in San Francisco Tuesday at the Hotel Nikko. Want to impress corporate counsel? What really grabs their attention is when attorneys "get it" — and show the ability to to understand and fulfill the individual...
November 7, 2013
A Harvard Law School degree looks great on paper, but technology-savvy law firms can often trump competitors who come to beauty contests armed only with Ivy League pedigrees. That was the message of the 75-minute In-House Counsel Panel at the 2013 Legal Marketing Technology Conference/West, held in San Francisco Tuesday at the Hotel Nikko. Want to impress corporate counsel? What really grabs their attention is when attorneys "get it" — and show the ability to to understand and fulfill the individual...
Beware ‘Misclassification Creep’ in Employee Exemption
November 7, 2013
When it comes to avoiding costly lawsuits, keeping careful track of employee exemption status under the Fair Labor Standards Act is top-of-mind for companies, according to a new survey report from labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson and its client support service for employers, Littler XMPT. The “XMPT Survey Report” [PDF] reveals that companies, which are facing a more litigious environment overall around wage-and-hour issues, are seeing challenges by employees who believe they...
November 7, 2013
When it comes to avoiding costly lawsuits, keeping careful track of employee exemption status under the Fair Labor Standards Act is top-of-mind for companies, according to a new survey report from labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson and its client support service for employers, Littler XMPT. The “XMPT Survey Report” [PDF] reveals that companies, which are facing a more litigious environment overall around wage-and-hour issues, are seeing challenges by employees who believe they...
Neuroscientists Develop Equation for Predicting Future Disasters
November 7, 2013
A team of neuroscientists has published a paper claiming it has developed a mathematical calculation that could potentially predict the tipping point of any massive event -- from a market crash to a brain seizure. Neuroscientists are used to working on systems of nodes, whereby one neuron in the brain ignites a stream of connected activity when activated -- a web-like chain reaction that unfolds in seemingly unpredictable ways. Of course, these can be predicted if you have the right information....
November 7, 2013
A team of neuroscientists has published a paper claiming it has developed a mathematical calculation that could potentially predict the tipping point of any massive event -- from a market crash to a brain seizure. Neuroscientists are used to working on systems of nodes, whereby one neuron in the brain ignites a stream of connected activity when activated -- a web-like chain reaction that unfolds in seemingly unpredictable ways. Of course, these can be predicted if you have the right information....
Venue is Proper in the County Where Arbitration is Held Despite Arbitration Agreement to the Contrary
November 6, 2013
The Texas Supreme Court recently held that, pursuant to § 171.096(c) Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code, once an arbitration...
November 6, 2013
The Texas Supreme Court recently held that, pursuant to § 171.096(c) Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code, once an arbitration...
Tippett on Mediation a la Carte
November 6, 2013
Liz Tippett (Oregon) has posted a short abstract outlining her new project, Mediation a la Carte: Improving the Transparency and Diversity of Mediator Styles. It is a must-read for those of us interested in the implications of the various approaches available to mediators and disputants. You can review her abstract here: This article argues that existing models of mediator styles and techniques are unnecessarily limited. A wider variety of mediator styles might better suit the individual preferences...
November 6, 2013
Liz Tippett (Oregon) has posted a short abstract outlining her new project, Mediation a la Carte: Improving the Transparency and Diversity of Mediator Styles. It is a must-read for those of us interested in the implications of the various approaches available to mediators and disputants. You can review her abstract here: This article argues that existing models of mediator styles and techniques are unnecessarily limited. A wider variety of mediator styles might better suit the individual preferences...
Sanctions in US and International Arbitrations: Old Law In Modern Context
November 6, 2013
I. Power To Sanction Courts generally enjoy power to enforce procedural rules and orders by various means, such as fines, adverse inferences, cost/fee awards, preclusion of evidence, and even default judgment. Surprisingly, when arbitrators employ such measures, they enter a legal frontier of unsettled law. Why? An arbitrator’s procedural power derives from private contract, not public law, and arbitration contracts almost never overtly address the arbitrator’s power to remedy party misbehavior....
November 6, 2013
I. Power To Sanction Courts generally enjoy power to enforce procedural rules and orders by various means, such as fines, adverse inferences, cost/fee awards, preclusion of evidence, and even default judgment. Surprisingly, when arbitrators employ such measures, they enter a legal frontier of unsettled law. Why? An arbitrator’s procedural power derives from private contract, not public law, and arbitration contracts almost never overtly address the arbitrator’s power to remedy party misbehavior....
