Professor William W. Park, R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law at the Boston University School of Law has published a thoughtful article entitled, A Fair Fight: Professional Guidelines in International Arbitration, Forthcoming, 30 Arbitration International 409 (2014); Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-53.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed portions of a district court’s order compelling arbitration in a contract dispute. In Sharpe v. AmeriPlan Corp., No. 13-10922, (5th Cir., October 16, 2014), four independent business owners (“IBOs”) sold health plans and recruited other IBOs through a network for AmeriPlan Corporation.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas heard oral argument in Fredricksburg Care Co., L.P. v. Perez, No. 13-0573. In the case, a Texas nursing home sought appellate review after the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio denied its motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit based on the requirements set forth in the Texas Medical Liability Act (“TMLA”).

Jean R. Sternlight, Director of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution and Michael and Sonja Saltman Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law has authored Disarming Employees: How American Employers are Using Mandatory Arbitration to Deprive Workers of Legal Protection, Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 80, 2015, Forthcoming.