Social media giant Facebook has reportedly agreed to engage in mediation with website users who claim the company violated their right to privacy.
Continue reading...In Mega Builders, Inc. v. Paramount Stores, Inc., No. 14-14-00744-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th], May 28, 2015), a general contractor, Mega Builders, agreed to build a convenience store for a property owner, Paramount.
Continue reading...In Part Thirteen, we discussed ways of institutionalizing the use of special masters by maintaining rosters, choosing them based on qualifications and experience, training them and evaluating their effectiveness. We closed by raising the question – has this been done before?
Continue reading...Professor Susan D. Franck, Washington and Lee University School of Law, James Freda, Office of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Kellen Lavin, Research Assistant at Washington and Lee University School of Law, Tobias A. Lehmann, Doctoral Candidate at the University of St. Gallen School of Law, and Anne Van Aaken, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen and Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods have published “The Diversity Challenge: Exploring the ‘Invisible College’ of International Arbitration,” Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 53, Page 429, 2015.
Continue reading...rofessor Alan Scott Rau, Mark G. and Judy G. Yudof Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, and Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund, L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at McGill University, have published “BG Group and ‘Conditions’ to Arbitral Jurisdiction,” Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming; KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2016-4.
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To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.
Disputing is published by Karl Bayer, a dispute resolution expert based in Austin, Texas. Articles published on Disputing aim to provide original insight and commentary around issues related to arbitration, mediation and the alternative dispute resolution industry.
To learn more about Karl and his team, or to schedule a mediation or arbitration with Karl’s live scheduling calendar, visit www.karlbayer.com.