Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

JAMS Welcomes Karl Bayer to its Panel of Neutrals
JAMS, the world’s largest private alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider, is pleased to announce that Karl Bayer
Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: The Twenty-First Century Arbitration Battleground and Implications for the EU Countries
Linda S. Mullenix, Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law, has written “Class Ac
Picking the Proper Technological Tool for Problem-Solving in Arbitration
Professor Amy J. Schmitz, John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Translational Data An
SCOTUS to Resolve Circuit Split Over Transportation Worker Exemption in the FAA
Today marks the start of the United States Supreme Court’s new term. During the term, the nation’s highest court will re

9th Circuit botches another arbitration case

By Beth Graham - March 24, 2016

Disputing would like to invite readers to check out Ross Runkel’s recent blog post entitled “9th Circuit botches another arbitration case.”

Epistemic Communities, Negotiation Theory and International Lawmaking at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

By Beth Graham - March 23, 2016

University of Missouri School of Law Professor S.I. Strong has authored “Clash of Cultures: Epistemic Communities, Negotiation Theory and International Lawmaking at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL),” 50 Akron Law Review, 2016, (Forthcoming); University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-08.

NLRB Orders California Grocery Chain to Revise Arbitration Agreement Banning Workers From Maintaining Class Actions

By Beth Graham - March 21, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has once again ordered an employer to stop “[m]aintaining and/or enforcing a mandatory arbitration policy that requires employees, as a condition of employment, to waive the right to maintain class or collective actions in all forums, whether arbitral or judicial.”

NLRB Continues Attack on Class and Collective Action Waivers

By Beth Graham - March 16, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has ruled that an employer, Samsung Electronics, violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by requiring workers to waive their right to engage in collective action over employment-related claims in both arbitral or judicial forums as a condition of employment.

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Federally Funded Nursing Homes No Longer Allowed to Require Residents to Sign Binding Arbitration Agreements

By Beth Graham - October 5, 2016

Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a regulation that bans federally funded long-term care facilities such as nursing homes from using pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements.