The Texas Supreme Court issued recently some amendments to its Ethical Guidelines for Mediators. These amendments were adopted in response to recommendations from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas and went into effect on June 1, 2011. Find a copy of the amendments here.

The International Bar Association (IBA) will host its Annual Conference in Dubai on October 30-November 4, 2011. The event promises to bring together more than 4,000 lawyers and legal professionals from around the world. More than 180 working sessions cover all areas of practice, offering up to 25 hours of CLE. The preliminary program may be downloaded here. For more details click here. Technorati Tags: law, ADR, arbitration

We would like to welcome the Caucus On Mediation Blog to the ADR blogosphere. The blog is hosted by Corrado Mora, an attorney and mediator from Verona, Italy. Caucus On Mediation is a collection of “private sessions” with well known professionals from the negotiation and mediation world. Check out their July 14th post here. We look forward to reading more of your posts, Corrado. The Disputing Team

We thought that you might find interesting the following recent developments in international arbitration published by the International Law Office service: Brazil: Let’s continue to talk about arbitration! Canada: Validity of arbitration agreement is issue for arbitral tribunal, not court Denmark: New rules make arbitration faster and better Germany: Supreme Court changes jurisdiction on preclusion in enforcement proceedings France: Dallah: one test, two different findings India: Exercise of writ jurisdiction not absolute bar in case of arbitration clause Kenya: Court of Appeal affirms the final and conclusive nature of arbitral awards Lithuania: Supreme Court upholds enforcement of sports arbitration awards Malaysia: Arbitrator’s duty of disclosure Mexico : Liability for interim measures: can tribunals mitigate risk? Portugal: Overview (June 2011) Russia: Constitutional Court confirms arbitrability of real estate disputes Switzerland: Validity of conventional waiver of judicial challenge against arbitration awards Technorati Tags: law, ADR, arbitration