The state of New York now offers a consensual accelerated commercial dispute docket for the Commercial Division of its State courts. Rule 9 of Section 202.70(g) of the Uniform Rules for the Supreme and County Courts provides that disputing parties who consent to this process must be ready for trial in nine months (including completion of mandatory mediation).

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s vacatur of an arbitral award in an employment dispute.

The Supreme Court of Texas has refused to hear former professional bicyclist Lance Armstrong’s appeal in an ongoing dispute over a prior arbitration settlement.

Charity Scott, Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law, has published a thought-provoking article entitled, Ethics Consultations and Conflict Engagement in Health Care, Cardozo J. of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 15, pp. 363-423, 2014; Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-11.