Eisenberg: Why Do Plaintiffs Lose Appeals? Biased Trial Courts, Litigious Losers, or Low Trial Win Rates? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1883599 [Abstract:
Multiple studies find that plaintiffs who lose at trial and subsequently appeal are less successful on appeal than are losing defendants who appeal. The studies attribute this to a perception by appellate judges that trial courts are biased in favor of plaintiffs. However, at least two alternative explanations exist. First,...
Fulbright: Arbitrators Are Not Employees for the Purposes of UK Anti-Discrimination Legislation http://www.fulbright.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=publications.detail&pub_id=5037&site_id=494&detail=yes