Myriam E. Gilles, Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, has published Individualized Injunctions and No-Modification Terms: Challenging ‘Anti-Reform’ Provisions in Arbitration Clauses, University of Miami Law Review, 2014 Forthcoming; Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 437.
Continue reading...The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to order an insurance company to pay an arbitral award in a construction defect case.
Continue reading...In part III of Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution, Professor Stipanowich highlights five trends that are likely to have a growing impact on our lives, on law practice and the management of conflict. Those five trends are: technology, globalization, insights through behavioral science and “big data,” longer productive lives (active retirement), and education and credentialing in the professional practice.
Continue reading...In Part II of Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution, Professor Stipanowich discusses which of the dispute resolution methods from the end of the twentieth century are still used today and describes the current situation of dispute resolution in the construction industry.
Continue reading...In Southwestern Elec. Power Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, No. 13-31130 (5th Cir., November 24, 2014), a public power company operating in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, SWEPCO, purchased insurance coverage from United Kingdom-based Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London (“Underwriters”) related to the construction of a Louisiana power plant. The parties’ insurance contract contained an arbitration clause.
Continue reading...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.
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.