Economics
Shepherd on Products Liability and Economic Activity
March 7, 2013
Joanna Shepherd (Emory) has published Products Liability and Economic Activity: An Empirical Analysis of Tort Reform's Impact on Businesses, Employment, and Production (pdf available for download from Vanderbilt Law Review's website). The abstract provides: For decades, advocates of tort reform have argued that expansive products liability stifles economic activity by imposing excessive and unpredictable liability costs on businesses. Although politicians aspiring to create jobs, attract...
March 7, 2013
Joanna Shepherd (Emory) has published Products Liability and Economic Activity: An Empirical Analysis of Tort Reform's Impact on Businesses, Employment, and Production (pdf available for download from Vanderbilt Law Review's website). The abstract provides: For decades, advocates of tort reform have argued that expansive products liability stifles economic activity by imposing excessive and unpredictable liability costs on businesses. Although politicians aspiring to create jobs, attract...
The Empirics of Regulation
March 4, 2013
Now that Cass Sunstein (Harvard) has departed the Obama Administration (and OIRA) and migrated back to academic life, in a recent paper published by the University of Chicago Law Review, Empirically Informed Regulation, Sunstein illustrates the central role data play (or, at least should play) in the development of regulations, with an emphasis on behavioral economics. The paper's abstract follows. "In recent years, social scientists have been incorporating empirical findings about human behavior...
March 4, 2013
Now that Cass Sunstein (Harvard) has departed the Obama Administration (and OIRA) and migrated back to academic life, in a recent paper published by the University of Chicago Law Review, Empirically Informed Regulation, Sunstein illustrates the central role data play (or, at least should play) in the development of regulations, with an emphasis on behavioral economics. The paper's abstract follows. "In recent years, social scientists have been incorporating empirical findings about human behavior...
Review of Picture It Settled® Software for Negotiation
February 26, 2013
As a lawyer, a district judge and now as a mediator for many years now, I have always sought out useful technology tools to make the process work better. I have seen parties use static Excel spreadsheets and midpoint analysis to try to project settlement numbers, but the negotiation process is much more sophisticated than that. At SMU Law School in Dallas, I teach a survey course on alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”). The course includes segments on negotiation, mediation and arbitration....
February 26, 2013
As a lawyer, a district judge and now as a mediator for many years now, I have always sought out useful technology tools to make the process work better. I have seen parties use static Excel spreadsheets and midpoint analysis to try to project settlement numbers, but the negotiation process is much more sophisticated than that. At SMU Law School in Dallas, I teach a survey course on alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”). The course includes segments on negotiation, mediation and arbitration....
Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers: Revisiting Second Circuit Arbitrability Jurisprudence: A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
August 22, 2012
Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers: Revisiting Second Circuit Arbitrability Jurisprudence: A Midsummer Night’s Dream? http://arbblog.lexmarc.us/2012/07/revisiting-second-circuit-arbitrability-jurisprudence-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
August 22, 2012
Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers: Revisiting Second Circuit Arbitrability Jurisprudence: A Midsummer Night’s Dream? http://arbblog.lexmarc.us/2012/07/revisiting-second-circuit-arbitrability-jurisprudence-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22
August 21, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
August 21, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22
August 14, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
August 14, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog: Using Behavioral Economics in Law Firm Marketing
August 12, 2012
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog: Using Behavioral Economics in Law Firm Marketing http://blog.larrybodine.com/2012/08/articles/marketing/using-behavioral-economics-in-law-firm-marketing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LarryBodineLawMarketingBlog+%28Larry+Bodine+Law+Marketing+Blog%29
August 12, 2012
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog: Using Behavioral Economics in Law Firm Marketing http://blog.larrybodine.com/2012/08/articles/marketing/using-behavioral-economics-in-law-firm-marketing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LarryBodineLawMarketingBlog+%28Larry+Bodine+Law+Marketing+Blog%29
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22
August 7, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
August 7, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22
July 31, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
July 31, 2012
Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions in Woodstock, VT, Sept 20-22 http://law.pepperdine.edu/straus/training-and-conferences/professional-skills-program-east-coast/preventing-bad-settlment.htm
Cadwalader International Practice Law Blog: Arbitration Award Upheld by Second Circuit — Manifest Disregard Challenge Available — Sort Of
July 30, 2012
Cadwalader International Practice Law Blog: Arbitration Award Upheld by Second Circuit — Manifest Disregard Challenge Available — Sort Of http://blog.internationalpractice.org/international-practice/arbitration-award-upheld-by-second-circuit-manifest-disregard-challenge-available-sort-of.html
July 30, 2012
Cadwalader International Practice Law Blog: Arbitration Award Upheld by Second Circuit — Manifest Disregard Challenge Available — Sort Of http://blog.internationalpractice.org/international-practice/arbitration-award-upheld-by-second-circuit-manifest-disregard-challenge-available-sort-of.html
