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General Counsel Must Take Charge And Implement A Thoughtful ADR Approach
October 31, 2014
As the Chair of CPR’s Board of Directors Membership Committee, I would like to share with you an interview with Noah J. Hanft,...
October 31, 2014
As the Chair of CPR’s Board of Directors Membership Committee, I would like to share with you an interview with Noah J. Hanft,...
Experts Predict ADR Will Help Resolve ACA Claims
October 20, 2014
The use of ADR to resolve healthcare-related claims will increase with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Experts predict the increase will stem from the need to reduce costs as well as the healthcare groups that will bring new disputes for resolution. Dr. Leonard Fromer, an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and a board member of TransforMED, LLC, said the passage and implementation of the ACA is “moving healthcare from a volume-based...
October 20, 2014
The use of ADR to resolve healthcare-related claims will increase with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Experts predict the increase will stem from the need to reduce costs as well as the healthcare groups that will bring new disputes for resolution. Dr. Leonard Fromer, an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and a board member of TransforMED, LLC, said the passage and implementation of the ACA is “moving healthcare from a volume-based...
Stipanowich on ADR in Construction
October 17, 2014
Tom Stipanowich has posted a new article, “Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution,” at the Pepperdine Law Library’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Stipanowich is a trained architect, an experienced construction lawyer, and a very experienced construction arbitrator, and his article speaks authoritatively on the past 20 years of change in construction dispute practices. He concludes that the promise of innovation that so dominated the field 20 years...
October 17, 2014
Tom Stipanowich has posted a new article, “Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution,” at the Pepperdine Law Library’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Stipanowich is a trained architect, an experienced construction lawyer, and a very experienced construction arbitrator, and his article speaks authoritatively on the past 20 years of change in construction dispute practices. He concludes that the promise of innovation that so dominated the field 20 years...
Proclamation of Mediation Week in San Antonio
October 15, 2014
As part of San Antonio hosting a mediation competition at St. Mary's Law School today and the 12th Annual Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute at the Hyatt Regency tomorrow and Friday, Mayor Ivy Taylor kindly issued the following: PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the American Bar Association will observe Mediation Week October 12 – 18, 2014 and this year’s theme is “Stories Mediators Tell – From Rookie to Veteran, Exploring the Spectrum of Mediation”, and WHEREAS, mediation and other...
October 15, 2014
As part of San Antonio hosting a mediation competition at St. Mary's Law School today and the 12th Annual Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute at the Hyatt Regency tomorrow and Friday, Mayor Ivy Taylor kindly issued the following: PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the American Bar Association will observe Mediation Week October 12 – 18, 2014 and this year’s theme is “Stories Mediators Tell – From Rookie to Veteran, Exploring the Spectrum of Mediation”, and WHEREAS, mediation and other...
Harvesting Data to Shape the Future of International Dispute Resolution
October 13, 2014
Among the early words of wisdom expressed by Sherlock Holmes in the first of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 novels, A Scandal...
October 13, 2014
Among the early words of wisdom expressed by Sherlock Holmes in the first of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 novels, A Scandal...
Online Dispute Resolution Services: A Selected Number of Case Studies
September 30, 2014
This paper considers a number of ODR case studies employed to settle disputes arising from e-commerce and offline. After...
September 30, 2014
This paper considers a number of ODR case studies employed to settle disputes arising from e-commerce and offline. After...
Summary of Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution (Part III)
September 23, 2014
In part III of Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution, Professor Stipanowich highlights “five trends that are likely to have a growing impact on our lives, on law practice and the management of conflict.” Those five trends are: increasing use of technology, increasing globalization, expanding understanding and insights through behavioral science and “big data,” longer productive lives (active retirement), and increased opportunities for ADR education and credentialing...
September 23, 2014
In part III of Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution, Professor Stipanowich highlights “five trends that are likely to have a growing impact on our lives, on law practice and the management of conflict.” Those five trends are: increasing use of technology, increasing globalization, expanding understanding and insights through behavioral science and “big data,” longer productive lives (active retirement), and increased opportunities for ADR education and credentialing...
Three Lessons About ADR
September 17, 2014
Having recently completed a manual about the ADR process, there are three features of mediation that jump out at me as noteworthy,...
September 17, 2014
Having recently completed a manual about the ADR process, there are three features of mediation that jump out at me as noteworthy,...
Debut of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution
September 15, 2014
The first issue of the new International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution has been released, and it’s incredible! There’s...
September 15, 2014
The first issue of the new International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution has been released, and it’s incredible! There’s...
The Privatization of Process: Requiem for and Celebration of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure at 75
September 4, 2014
The normative goals of the 1938 Federal Rules facilitated a reconceptualization of federal adjudication by welcoming into court a diverse array of persons who, as the century unfolded and equality mandates expanded, became rights-holders. As a consequence, courts came to serve as venues for democratic debates about rights and remedies. Seventy-five years later, that egalitarian project has contracted, and the Federal Rules have been refocused on management and judge-based settlement efforts. That...
September 4, 2014
The normative goals of the 1938 Federal Rules facilitated a reconceptualization of federal adjudication by welcoming into court a diverse array of persons who, as the century unfolded and equality mandates expanded, became rights-holders. As a consequence, courts came to serve as venues for democratic debates about rights and remedies. Seventy-five years later, that egalitarian project has contracted, and the Federal Rules have been refocused on management and judge-based settlement efforts. That...
