While focused on major league baseball, this article discusses international collective bargaining and negotiation over player contracts, mostly that of Japanese player Daisuke Dice-K Matsuzaka. The author discusses the use of collective bargaining and negotiation.
This practice tip discusses the difficulties that can arise when asserting collateral estoppel based on the outcome of an arbitration. There are exceptions to the general rule and this article explores how those exceptions apply to third parties.
This note addresses the problems associated with asylum hearings, particularly with defensive applications that are offered to an immigration court where a credibility determination is made. Credibility determinations are fraught with errors, inconsistencies and lack of fairness. The author argues how and why ADR techniques would better suited for asylum credibility determinations.
This book focuses primarily on how argumentation is a critical aspect in the context of mediation. It not only highlights the real world context that argumentation in mediation can foster better outcomes. The book is from the point of view of a mediator and is intended to foster a mediator's perception of argumentation during conflict.
This book addresses the emotions and relationships inevitably involved in negotiation. By identifying the five core concerns that stimulate emotionappreciation, affiliation, autonomy, statuts, and role-the authors explain how to control and leverage emotion.
This article notes the internationalization of commerce since WWII, in particular focusing on the impacts of the recent economic downturn on international trade. One result, the article notes, has been an increase in contract disputes for non-performance. As litigating these disputes has gotten more complex and expensive, the author recommends various ADR techniques for more efficient dispute resolution.
This article explains the Loss Mitigation Program created by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Bankruptcy Court created this program, whose main feature is forced communication between the parties, in an effort to deal with the explosion of bankruptcy litigation. The article discusses basic bankruptcy principles and the recent housing crisis, before detailing the legal basis for the court-ordered mediation program, its development, and its relative strengths.
This article examines situations where a defeated party seeks to vacate an arbitration award due to mistake of fact. It compares and contrasts various international systems for reviewing arbitration awards.
This article discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's holding in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp., particularly focusing on potential effects of the case in the consumer context. The article argues that Congress should enact the Arbitration Fairness Act in response to concerns that an extension of the Stolt-Nielsen holding would allow corporations to enjoy immunity in consumer disputes.