The Mediator’s Perspective. In 2017, I reviewed the film The Journey for the Daily Journal. That film is about the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement, putting an end to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. While our blog is focused on California mediation and arbitration, another opportunity to opine about negotiations from a […]
To Mediate Or Not To Mediate. On November 14, 2022, the Los Angeles Times reported: "About 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses . . . walked off the job Monday morning, calling for better pay and benefits." Is mediation the path to resolution? “'At this time, we believe […]
An Addition To My February 4, 2021 Post About Videoconferencing: Tips For Using Zoom For Remote Mediations. In what could have been an Abbott and Costello routine, had those comedians been born into the Age of the Internet and Zoom, a Texas judge and a hapless attorney had to grapple with the vagaries of […]
Quinn Emanuel And Spin-off LawFirm Selendy and Gay. Jack Newsham authored an April 24, 2019 article, appearing in New York Law Journal, and entitled, "Judge Dismisses Suit Against Quinn Emanuel by Partners of Spinoff, Sends to Arbitration." Newsham begins by quoting the judge, who wrote, "It is for the arbitrator in the first […]
New Blawg Sidebar Category: Infotainment? The WSJ and CNN report today, October 2, 2018, that Pres. Donald J. Trump (aka David Dennison) directed his attorney Michael Cohen to seek a restraining order through an arbitration proceeding to prevent Stormy Daniels (aka Peggy Peterson aka Stephanie Clifford) from airing dirty laundry in a TV […]
Stormy Weather . . . Above: Video/recording: Comedian Harmonists Sing Quand Il Pleut (Stormy Weather/Ohne Dich). 1933. News about our latest reality show, Stephanie Clifford a.k.a. Stormy Daniels a.k.a. Peggy Peterson v. Donald J. Trump a.k.a. David Dennison, and Essential Consultants, LLC, LASC Case No. BC696568 (filed March 6, 2018) is […]
The Congressional Vote Furthers De-Regulation Of Wall Street. In a NYT article entitled, "Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits," Jessica Silver-Greenberg reports about the October 24, 2017 vote in the Senate to roll back a rule written by the consumer bureau and previously intended to go into effect in 2019. […]
NYT Article Describes Bank’s Use Of Arbitration With Customers Complaining About Creation Of Sham Accounts. Above: Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Office, C Street, Virginia City. 1866. Library of Congress. The NYT, which ran a series of articles in 2015 critical about the spread of arbitration, has published an article dated December […]
Is There A Meaningful Distinction Between Contract Enforcement And Contract Formation For Purposes Of FAA Preemption? Kate Howard’s October 26, 2016 post about “Petitions To Watch” in Scotusblog notes that an arbitration case, Tamko Building Products, Inc. v. Hobbs, No. 15-1318, is up for consideration at the conference of October 28, 2016. According […]
Attorney General Of Minnesota Say No, Joining Other Political Figures. On October 4, 2016, Adam Betz reported for the Star Tribune that Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson opposes Wells Fargo’s use of arbitration clauses to require its customers to arbitrate claims concerning unauthorized accounts opened by Wells Fargo. And the LAT reports that on […]