Alternative Dispute Resolution

466 ABA Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution articles.

Buying a bamboo floor? This company requires religious arbitration; courts uphold clauses

Religious tribunals are being used in U.S. cases that go beyond spiritual questions to sort out allegations ranging from financial fraud to wrongful death.

Christian tribunals are getting a green…

Nov 3, 2015 8:18 AM CST

Arbitration clauses effectively eliminate consumer rights for many, New York Times reports

Once virtually unheard-of, clauses requiring individuals to arbitrate consumer and employment disputes are now ubiquitous in documents ranging from applications for cable television service, a credit card or a bed…

Nov 2, 2015 9:00 AM CST

Mediators find more tools through neuroscience

Mediators and other practitioners of alternative dispute resolution are using information gleaned from the research of world-class neuroscientists to calm emotions and help mediations resolve more easily. With the advent…

Nov 1, 2015 1:10 AM CDT

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Consumer financial agency considers rules barring companies from blocking class actions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering proposed rules that would bar consumer financial companies from using arbitration clauses to block class actions.

CFPB Director Richard Cordray announced the proposals…

Oct 9, 2015 5:45 AM CDT

Supreme Court to consider California rule used to strike down arbitration contracts

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act pre-empts a California rule said to invalidate arbitration agreements more often than other types of contracts.

The…

Oct 2, 2015 6:15 AM CDT

Client shouldn’t be punished with judgment for no-show lawyer at arbitration, appeals court says

A lawyer’s failure to show up at an arbitration hearing should not result in a judgment against her client, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

The unpublished Sept. 24…

Sep 28, 2015 6:15 AM CDT

Suit seeking to declare autistic boy a public nuisance goes to mediation

The parties in a suit contending an autistic boy is a public nuisance have agreed to participate in court-supervised mediation.

Judge Maureen Folan of Santa Clara County, California, on Tuesday…

Sep 23, 2015 10:18 AM CDT

Lawyer arrested in alleged assault of golf club employee; club didn’t call cops, offered her $500

A 59-year-old Wisconsin lawyer was arrested Monday in the claimed sexual groping of an employee at a golf club.

However, Christopher Hale has not been charged in the Aug. 16…

Sep 3, 2015 1:45 PM CDT

Cited by animal control in dog dispute, couple responds with ‘douchebag’ yard sign

After new neighbors asked a Texas family to keep their four dogs inside until later in the morning, James and Lisa Price say they tried to cooperate with the retired…

Aug 14, 2015 1:45 PM CDT

Chicago OKs stop-and-frisk pact with ACLU

Responding to claims by a civil rights group that Chicago police disproportionately target blacks for “stop-and-frisk” searches based on reasonable suspicion, the city has agreed to a settlement that involves…

Aug 7, 2015 1:05 PM CDT

Arbitration website hack is likely the work of Chinese hackers, cyberthreat group says

A page on the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s website was hacked earlier this month, and the culprits are likely Chinese hackers, according to a cyberthreat research team called ThreatConnect.

ThreatConnect’s…

Jul 24, 2015 6:15 AM CDT

Contesting a traffic ticket? Getting divorced? Some jurisdictions use software to resolve the issues

Some jurisdictions and companies are using software to help resolve personal injury claims, tax disputes, traffic tickets and divorce issues.

One company, Modria, is branching out after developing software to…

Jul 14, 2015 5:45 AM CDT

May 29, 2015 4:15 PM CDT

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