An Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that communications made during a mediation session are privileged and may not be used by either party in a legal malpractice case absent a statutory exception.

Daria Kim, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Fellow (2012-2013) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Research Associate (2013-2014), has published “Protecting Trade Secrets Under International Investment Law: What Secrets Investors Should Not Tell States,” John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 15 (2), 2016.

A Texas-based renewable energy company has reportedly lost a North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) claim filed against the Canadian government following arbitral proceedings.

Imre S. Szalai, Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, has published “Directv, Inc. v. Imburgia: How the Supreme Court Used a Jedi Mind Trick To Turn Arbitration Law Upside Down,” 32 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 1, 2016, Forthcoming.