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Nevada’s Foreclosure Mediation Program Set to End
January 23, 2017
In 2009, the Nevada Legislature launched a foreclosure mediation program in response to an ongoing housing crisis during which many homeowners across the state unexpectedly found that they owed more than their home was worth. The program requires banks to participate in mediation with struggling homeowners regarding a potential loan modification prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings. During the program’s first year, mediators reportedly prepared over 6,000 cases and assisted almost 2,000...
January 23, 2017
In 2009, the Nevada Legislature launched a foreclosure mediation program in response to an ongoing housing crisis during which many homeowners across the state unexpectedly found that they owed more than their home was worth. The program requires banks to participate in mediation with struggling homeowners regarding a potential loan modification prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings. During the program’s first year, mediators reportedly prepared over 6,000 cases and assisted almost 2,000...
The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution
January 22, 2017
Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution” (You can subscribe to the podcast...
January 22, 2017
Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution” (You can subscribe to the podcast...
Should Venture Capitalists Compete with Law Firm Partners and Judges?
January 22, 2017
A partner in a prominent San-Francisco-Bay-area venture capital firm recently told me, “The tech sector is eating the world. ...
January 22, 2017
A partner in a prominent San-Francisco-Bay-area venture capital firm recently told me, “The tech sector is eating the world. ...
Cheap Divorces
January 22, 2017
From the Economist: MOST of the employees at the Centre for Out-of-Court Divorce in Denver are trained in mediation or social work, but they also pay close attention to interior design. The centre, on the ground floor of a nondescript office block, is decorated with photos of smiling children and stocked with dolls’ houses, stuffed animals and board games. It has three exits in case tensions flare and the separating partners need personal space. They have been used a few times since 2013, when...
January 22, 2017
From the Economist: MOST of the employees at the Centre for Out-of-Court Divorce in Denver are trained in mediation or social work, but they also pay close attention to interior design. The centre, on the ground floor of a nondescript office block, is decorated with photos of smiling children and stocked with dolls’ houses, stuffed animals and board games. It has three exits in case tensions flare and the separating partners need personal space. They have been used a few times since 2013, when...
BMW Will Deploy Self-Driving 7-Series on Roads This Year
January 21, 2017
BMW AG will dispatch a fleet of autonomous vehicles to U.S. and European cities in this year’s second half, the next step in its partnership with Mobileye NV and Intel Corp. to introduce fully self-driving vehicles by 2021. The German automaker will put 40 of its 7-Series sedans on the road and train them to drive in urban areas, Klaus Froehlich, BMW’s head of development, said in an interview. The goal is to apply the gathered data toward producing the iNext, which will supplant the 7-Series...
January 21, 2017
BMW AG will dispatch a fleet of autonomous vehicles to U.S. and European cities in this year’s second half, the next step in its partnership with Mobileye NV and Intel Corp. to introduce fully self-driving vehicles by 2021. The German automaker will put 40 of its 7-Series sedans on the road and train them to drive in urban areas, Klaus Froehlich, BMW’s head of development, said in an interview. The goal is to apply the gathered data toward producing the iNext, which will supplant the 7-Series...
Google Brain Residency Program
January 21, 2017
In October 2015 we launched the Google Brain Residency, a 12-month program focused on jumpstarting a career for those interested...
January 21, 2017
In October 2015 we launched the Google Brain Residency, a 12-month program focused on jumpstarting a career for those interested...
Incorporate Technology Because It’s What Your Clients Expect From You As A Professional
January 21, 2017
Times are not changing. Times have changed. If you hit your stride 20 years ago and are doing just fine with your Dewey decimal...
January 21, 2017
Times are not changing. Times have changed. If you hit your stride 20 years ago and are doing just fine with your Dewey decimal...
ABA Administrative Law Section Encourages Incoming Administration to Utilize ADR
January 20, 2017
From the Notice and Comment blog: “In A Report to the President-Elect of the United States 2016, the ABA’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice calls attention to the opportunity to enhance to the efficiency of, and satisfaction with, the outcomes of agency adjudications by expanding the government’s commitment to using ADR techniques.” For more on this report, and a discussion of the report, see http://yalejreg.com/nc/promoting-the-alternative-to-the-alternative-to-courts-by-renee-m-landers/
January 20, 2017
From the Notice and Comment blog: “In A Report to the President-Elect of the United States 2016, the ABA’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice calls attention to the opportunity to enhance to the efficiency of, and satisfaction with, the outcomes of agency adjudications by expanding the government’s commitment to using ADR techniques.” For more on this report, and a discussion of the report, see http://yalejreg.com/nc/promoting-the-alternative-to-the-alternative-to-courts-by-renee-m-landers/
2016 in Arbitration Law: Fleeting Victories for Consumer Advocates?
January 20, 2017
If I had drafted this annual summary post on November 7, 2016, it would have looked different. At that point, the year had produced numerous (final or proposed) federal regulations that significantly restricted the use of arbitration with consumers in large industries. In addition, Justice Scalia’s death, along with the prospective election of Secretary Clinton, appeared poised to alter the make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court, which has voted 5-4 in many of the critical arbitration decisions in the last...
January 20, 2017
If I had drafted this annual summary post on November 7, 2016, it would have looked different. At that point, the year had produced numerous (final or proposed) federal regulations that significantly restricted the use of arbitration with consumers in large industries. In addition, Justice Scalia’s death, along with the prospective election of Secretary Clinton, appeared poised to alter the make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court, which has voted 5-4 in many of the critical arbitration decisions in the last...
Class Actions and Executive Power
January 20, 2017
Zachary D. Clopton, Assistant Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, has published “Class Actions and Executive Power,” New York University Law Review, Forthcoming; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-44. In his journal article, Professor Clopton discusses potential issues related to federal administrative attempts to regulate arbitration in response to recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on class arbitration waivers. Here is the abstract: Decisions about class certification and arbitration...
January 20, 2017
Zachary D. Clopton, Assistant Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, has published “Class Actions and Executive Power,” New York University Law Review, Forthcoming; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-44. In his journal article, Professor Clopton discusses potential issues related to federal administrative attempts to regulate arbitration in response to recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on class arbitration waivers. Here is the abstract: Decisions about class certification and arbitration...
