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• Fifth Circuit Rules on Jurisdiction for a Petition to Compel Arbitration

  
  Disputing — Authority: 408
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear a petition to compel arbitration pursuant to Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). In Volvo Trucks N. America, Inc. v. Crescent Ford Truck Sales, Inc . No. 09-30782, (5th ...
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• Are Wall Street Wirehouses Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg?

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 110
  The big four Wall Street wirehouses have lost market share since the financial crisis in part because of their role in the crisis and “customer distrust,” according to Bing Waldert, a director of Cerulli Associates Inc. (See “Wirehouse market share has shriveled since crisis,” InvestmentNews). Merrill Lynch ...
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• Survey - Financial Service Professionals Less Trusted Than Car Salesmen

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 110
  The declining public trust in the financial services industry confirms the serious problems permeating the industry. A recent survey by the public relations firm Edelman revealed that more than half of the educated public distrusts firms in the financial services sector, making it the nation’s least-trusted sector ...
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• ‘IOA unaware of Ethics Commission showcause notice’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra Tuesday rubbished allegations made by senior member and eminent lawyer R.K.Anand that the former was aware of the showcause notice issued by the disbanded Ethics Commission to its president, Suresh Kalmadi.“I am ...
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• Clarke: mediation the future for separating families – Ministry of Justice

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 133
  “Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has today (23 January) urged separating couples to consider mediation when they separate or divorce, instead of turning to the courts.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 23rd January 2012 Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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• The Latin American Water Tribunal: An Innovative ADR Approach

  
  ADR Times / Alternative Dispute Resolution Insights & Resources — Authority: 119
  One of the most eye-opening experiences of my life was the many months I spent working and living among the Mazahua people in Mexico. This tight-knit community of indigenous people had maintained a coherent community until the Mexican government created the oppressive water regime known as the Cutzamala System. This ...
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• The Year 2011 in Arbitration Law: Whack-A-Mole

  
  ADR Times / Alternative Dispute Resolution Insights & Resources — Authority: 119
  If I were to characterize all the arbitration case law of 2011 in one image, it would be that of the U.S. Supreme Court playing whack-a-mole at the arbitration arcade, trying to tamp down all the different ways that courts around the nation are creatively using state common law or statutes to nullify arbitration ...
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• “Why Can’t We Just Get Along!?!” The Process Psychology of Arbitration and Mediation

  
  ADR Times / Alternative Dispute Resolution Insights & Resources — Authority: 119
  Have you ever had someone in your life with whom you just couldn’t seem to get along? A family member, perhaps? Maybe a colleague? A customer, supplier, or client? All of us have had seemingly “conflict-laden” relationships, and those relationships can be the sources of some of our most painful stress. Sometimes ...
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• Arbitrate This! NLRB Says Workers Have Right To Class Action Against Employers

  
  National Class Action and Dallas Litigation BLOG — Authority: 107
  We had noted in a previous blog post about arbitration agreements in October that a pair of U.S. Supreme Court decisions had many legal analysts saying we were hearing the death rattle of the class action lawsuit . Employers were seemingly emboldened when the Court ruled in AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion that ...
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• Ottawa courthouse security labor strike heads to arbitration www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
        Ottawa Canada Jan 22 2012 A three-month labour dispute at the Ottawa courthouse between security guards and the independent contractor that employs them is headed to binding arbitration. The 10 guards are employed by Inkas Security Services, which took over the security contract at the courthouse last ...
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• Arbitration Faces Challenges on Two Fronts

  
  ADR Times / Alternative Dispute Resolution Insights & Resources — Authority: 119
  These days arbitration seems to be everywhere. Binding pre-dispute arbitration provisions feature in all kinds of contracts; the Supreme Court regularly issues pro-arbitration decisions; and there has never been more discussion about how to employ arbitration fairly and effectively. But these realities underpin and ...
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• She Said, He Said: How Does An Arbitrator Decide Who To Believe?

  
  ADR Times / Alternative Dispute Resolution Insights & Resources — Authority: 119
  It is common at an arbitration hearing for each side to present diametrically different versions of the dispute. This is especially true in cases of sexual harassment in which the accuser tells one story and the accused tells a completely different story. In such cases, it is the Arbitrator’s responsibility to ...
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• Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (1/20/2012)

  
  SportsAgentBlog.com | Sports Agent News — Authority: 464
  Leigh Steinberg, a main influence for the character “Jerry Maguire,” recently filed for bankruptcy protection .  The video, above, is Steinberg’s first video interview since filing for bankruptcy protection.  How ’bout the Miami Heat?  It was a thrill to see them destroy the Los Angeles Lakers last night ...
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• MONEY Magazine - Variable Annuities Arent Worth the Cost

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 110
  Variable annuities are complex financial products designed to transfer the risk of market loss from the investor to an insurance company. Assuming the investor is risk averse (after 2008, who isn’t?), the question is, is it a good deal? The answer, according to MONEY Magazine and most advisers that do not sell ...
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• Wall Street Professionals Fleece Government Amateurs

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 110
  Unsophisticated state and local government officials have been sold billions of dollars of flawed financial products by Wall Street banks, leaving taxpayers on the hook for even more. The banks advised the governments to issue auction rate bonds to lower their financing costs and purchase interest rate swaps to ...
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• ETFs Increase Volatility in the Junk Bond Market

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 110
  Junk bond exchange traded funds have ten times more money than they did two years ago, and are causing some of the largest price swings ever. Junk bond price swings were seven times higher in November than in May. This volatility in the junk bond market is similar to the volatility seen in other asset classes caused ...
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• Tim Lincecum asks Giants for $21.5 million in arbitration

  
  Kelly Mclaughlin Page — Authority: 145
  News, analysis and opinion from the fan perspective. News, analysis and opinion from the fan perspective. Giants star pitcher Tim Lincecum asked for $21.5 million for next season in arbitration. The Giants offered $17. The highest seeded American at the Australian Open, #8 Mardy Fish, was ousted in the second round ...
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• Weidemaier on How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent

  
  ADR Prof Blog — Authority: 107
  Mark Weidemaier (University of North Carolina) has posted Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent. The abstract: Common wisdom has it that arbitrators neither follow nor make precedent, with potentially dire consequences. These include the failure to enforce individual rights and the possibility that, ...
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• tim lincecum – Is Tim Lincecum worth $21.5 million? [Poll]

  
  Latest update headline news — Authority: 140
  And with Cole Hamels signing a one-year deal with the Phillies and Tim Lincecum poised to do the same with the Giants, the Blue Jays could be primed to spend their money pursuing one of those top-tier hurlers. Dont sleep on Matt Cain of the Giants NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum headed 142 players ...
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• SEC Publishes for Comment Proposal to Exempt Collective Employment Actions from FINRA Arbitration

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 489
  By permission, I am cross-posting this from Jill Grosss post on ADR Prof Blog: In a Federal Register notice issued last week, the SEC published for public comment a proposal to amend Rule 13201 of the FINRA Code of Arbitration...
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