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NLRB Orders California Grocery Chain to Revise Arbitration Agreement Banning Workers From Maintaining Class Actions
March 22, 2016
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again ordered an employer to stop “[m]aintaining and/or enforcing...
March 22, 2016
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again ordered an employer to stop “[m]aintaining and/or enforcing...
NLRB Continues to Rule that Class Arbitration Waivers Violate the NLRA
March 22, 2016
In December, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continued its recent trend of issuing decisions that state class...
March 22, 2016
In December, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continued its recent trend of issuing decisions that state class...
42 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers in 2016
March 22, 2016
Settlement Apps Picture It Settled (free). Most cases never make it to trial, of course. If you are trying to reach a settlement...
March 22, 2016
Settlement Apps Picture It Settled (free). Most cases never make it to trial, of course. If you are trying to reach a settlement...
The Case for Mediation: The Things that Mediators Should Be Learning and Doing
March 21, 2016
This essay is based on the Keynote Address delivered to the 8th Symposium on Mediation at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, UK. The article uses two memes of intellectual development -- changing ideas of physical space, through new forms of architecture, and legal evolution, to review how mediation has contributed to both conceptual and behavioral changes in legal and human disputing. The essay reviews key conceptual shifts from uses of "battles" and "trials" and different conceptions...
March 21, 2016
This essay is based on the Keynote Address delivered to the 8th Symposium on Mediation at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, UK. The article uses two memes of intellectual development -- changing ideas of physical space, through new forms of architecture, and legal evolution, to review how mediation has contributed to both conceptual and behavioral changes in legal and human disputing. The essay reviews key conceptual shifts from uses of "battles" and "trials" and different conceptions...
Fairness, Trust, and Security in Online Dispute Resolution
March 21, 2016
Noam Ebner, Assistant Professor and Online Program Chair for the Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law, and Professor John Zeleznikow of Victoria University have published “Fairness, Trust, and Security in Online Dispute Resolution,” Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2015. In their article, the authors examine key concepts in the emerging field of online dispute resolution. Here is the abstract: The past fifteen years have witnessed immense growth...
March 21, 2016
Noam Ebner, Assistant Professor and Online Program Chair for the Werner Institute at Creighton University School of Law, and Professor John Zeleznikow of Victoria University have published “Fairness, Trust, and Security in Online Dispute Resolution,” Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2015. In their article, the authors examine key concepts in the emerging field of online dispute resolution. Here is the abstract: The past fifteen years have witnessed immense growth...
Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!
March 21, 2016
Knowing the truth and being able to tell when someone is lying would make an attorney’s job much easier. You need not speculate as to who is telling the truth or trust your “gut” when it comes to piecing together what actually happened. Speaking and hearing the truth would make negotiations and mediations much more straightforward. Researchers at the University of Michigan – Flint are creating software to help separate those telling lies from those telling the truth, according to The Michigan...
March 21, 2016
Knowing the truth and being able to tell when someone is lying would make an attorney’s job much easier. You need not speculate as to who is telling the truth or trust your “gut” when it comes to piecing together what actually happened. Speaking and hearing the truth would make negotiations and mediations much more straightforward. Researchers at the University of Michigan – Flint are creating software to help separate those telling lies from those telling the truth, according to The Michigan...
The Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Modern Public Policy Mediators
March 20, 2016
Because public policy mediation involves negotiation with multiple parties, includes a range of decision-making processes, and often occurs over a long period of time, mediators in this arena confront a unique array of challenges. These responsibilities, along with many others, present unique challenges that don’t exist in other practice areas. Public policy mediators often must convince decisionmakers that mediation is a worthwhile investment of time and money; clearly describe the scope of the process;...
March 20, 2016
Because public policy mediation involves negotiation with multiple parties, includes a range of decision-making processes, and often occurs over a long period of time, mediators in this arena confront a unique array of challenges. These responsibilities, along with many others, present unique challenges that don’t exist in other practice areas. Public policy mediators often must convince decisionmakers that mediation is a worthwhile investment of time and money; clearly describe the scope of the process;...
Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image
March 20, 2016
Today, that changes thanks to the work of Tobias Weyand, a computer vision specialist at Google, and a couple of pals. These...
March 20, 2016
Today, that changes thanks to the work of Tobias Weyand, a computer vision specialist at Google, and a couple of pals. These...
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
March 20, 2016
The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease. Tens of millions of people viewed the video over the next few weeks....
March 20, 2016
The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease. Tens of millions of people viewed the video over the next few weeks....
Neuroprediction: New Technology, Old Problems
March 19, 2016
Neuroprediction is the use of structural or functional brain or nervous system variables to make any type of prediction, including medical prognoses and behavioral forecasts, such as an indicator of future dangerous behavior. This commentary will focus on behavioral predictions, but the analysis applies to any context. The general thesis is that using neurovariables for prediction is a new technology, but that it raises no new ethical issues, at least for now. Only if neuroscience achieves the ability...
March 19, 2016
Neuroprediction is the use of structural or functional brain or nervous system variables to make any type of prediction, including medical prognoses and behavioral forecasts, such as an indicator of future dangerous behavior. This commentary will focus on behavioral predictions, but the analysis applies to any context. The general thesis is that using neurovariables for prediction is a new technology, but that it raises no new ethical issues, at least for now. Only if neuroscience achieves the ability...
