Disputing

"Conversations about dispute resolution."

Author: Karl Bayer is an attorney and electrical engineer. He has an arbitration and litigation practice in Austin, Texas. He specializes in personal injury, business and intellectual property cases, as far as his litigation practice is concerned. His arbitration practice is not limited to particular types of disputes.

Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Corporate Law • Intellectual Property Law • Law Practice Management • Science & Technology Law • Tort Law • Trials & Litigation • States • Texas • Business Law

Recent Posts from Disputing

Texas County Establishes Voluntary Mediation Program
Hays County, Texas just launched a voluntary mediation program for family and civil disputes. The Hays County commissioners signed a contract with the Central Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution (CTADR), a local ADR firm that will…
Florida Arbitration Law: Wife Verbally OK’s Husband to Sign Papers Is Agency to Sign Arbitration Clause
In contrast to our discussion of Koricic v. Beverly Enters. in which the Nebraska Supreme Court held that a son lacked authority to sign an arbitration agreement on behalf of his mother, a recent trial…
Texas Supreme Court: Insurance Coverage Dispute Involving a $1.5 Million Arbitration Award
Within the five opinions released by the Texas Supreme Court on October 30, Chrysler Insurance Co. v. Greenspoint Dodge of Houston, Inc., (Texas 2009) (No. 08‑0780) caught our attention. The case deals with a dispute…
Nebraska Supreme Court Refuses to Compel Arbitration in Nursing Home Case
The present case comes as the U.S. Congress considers the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009. This Act would render pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts unenforceable (Senate version: S.512 and Status;…
Medical Liability Reform Debate
by Holly Hayes Medical liability reform has not been an area of focus in the health reform debate since September when President Obama directed the Department of Health and Human Services to provide $25 million…
Harvard Negotiation Law Review Article: “Decisional Errors– On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations”
We invite you to read the Harvard Negotiation Law Review lead article entitled “Decisional Errors – On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations” written by Disputing’s blog contributor Don Philbin. Needless to say, anything…
Disputing Mediation Post Quoted by the Dallas Morning News
We just found out that our Disputing post Texas HB 2256 Makes Possible a New Mediation Procedure for ‘Balance Billing’ written by Holly Hayes, was quoted by a Dallas Morning News article. Check it out:…
GUEST POST: Mediating eDiscovery Disputes – Allison Skinner’s Brilliant Idea
By Peter S. Vogel Allison O. Skinner is an attorney and full-time mediator at Sirote & Permutt and has written two outstanding articles about resolving eDiscovery disputes as a Mediator to develop a “Mediated Discovery…
Page Perry: Arbitration or Class Action - Which is Better for Investors?
Page Perry’s Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog featured last week an interesting and thoughtful post about securities arbitration. A federal judge in Atlanta recently dismissed a class action lawsuit brought against SunTrust for fraud in the…
E-Discovery and the Enron E-mail Dataset Research
Last week I had the honor to guest-post at Peter Vogel’s impressive Internet, Information Technology, & e-Discovery Blog. As some readers may know, Mr. Vogel is a frequent guest-blogger here at Disputing. Check out my…