Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Election & Politics Law

Director Cordray’s appearance at Senate Banking Committee hearing yields arbitration news

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/25/2013

The only new item of information revealed by Director Cordray during his appearance yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee hearing (in response to a question from Senator Elizabeth Warren) was that he feels “quite...more

Contributions To Arbitrator’s Judicial Campaign Are Not Enough To Establish “Evident Partiality”

by Liz Kramer | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Arbitration... on 3/13/2013

The Third Circuit refused to vacate an arbitrator’s award, despite allegations that she failed to disclose contributions the defendant’s parent company had made to her judicial campaign and failed to disclose that she...more

NLRB Decisions To Fall Like Dominos?

by Adam Santucci | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/12/2013

As you may have heard, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals recently sent shockwaves through the labor relations world by holding that President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board...more

Michigan Passes Groundwater Well Dispute Statute – Again

by Timothy J. Lundgren | Varnum LLP on 12/14/2012

The hectic lame-duck session of the Michigan Legislature has resulted in the resurrection of the state's once-and-future groundwater dispute resolution process. Michigan had originally passed similar legislation in 2003,...more

Romney, Obama, Consumer Law & the Supreme Court

by Lawyers.com on 10/5/2012

Voters can gain some wisdom as to how President Barack Obama’s second term or Mitt Romney’s first could affect consumer law by looking at what type of U.S. Supreme Court justice each would appoint to any upcoming...more

Reducing the burden on business – changes to employment law in the UK? By Matthew Howse and Emma Damiral

by Morgan Lewis on 8/10/2012

Introduction - The UK labour market is one of the least regulated labour markets among developed countries, with only the US and Canada having lighter overall regulation. Nevertheless, the UK government is concerned to do...more

Airline Management Newsletter -- August 8, 2012

by FordHarrison on 8/9/2012

In This Issue: Court Blocks Election at American Airlines; NMB Clarifies Run-Off Election Rule; Pilot Required to Arbitrate FMLA Claims; Airline Did Not Regard Employee as Disabled under the ADA; and Recent NMB Results -...more

Pennsylvania Legislature Restores Jurisdiction of Act 47 over Interest Arbitration Awards

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/9/2012

Governor Corbett last week signed SB 1321, which requires that Act 111 interest arbitration awards comply with a municipality’s Financial Recovery Plan under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (Act 47). The law becomes...more

Governor Corbett Signs into Law an Amendment to Act 47 Concerning Distressed Municipalities in Pennsylvania

by Saul Ewing LLP on 7/9/2012

On July 5, 2012, Governor Tom Corbett signed into law Senate Bill No. 1321, designated as Act 133 of 2012 ("Act 133"), which amends the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, P.L. 246, No. 47, as amended ("Act 47"), to (i)...more

Airline Industry Legal Alert: NMB Clarifies Run-off Election Rule

by FordHarrison on 6/8/2012

The National Mediation Board (NMB) has published a revision to its previously issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) clarifying that it will authorize a run-off election only in elections where three or more options...more

Airline Industry Legal Alert: NMB Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Implementing RLA Amendments Which May Eliminate...

by FordHarrison on 5/23/2012

Executive Summary: On May 22, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 19, 2012, and invited interested persons to share their views on its proposed rule changes relating to the...more

Jams Dispute Resolution -- Spring 2012

by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 5/1/2012

In This Issue: IN DEPTH -- Growing Trend of Third-Party Litigation Funding Creates Mixed Opinions; ADR CONVERSATIONS -- JAMS Panelists Receive Prestigious ADR Award; ADR NEWS & CASE UPDATES; DOMESTIC FOCUS -- Good Faith...more

Legal Alert: FAA Reauthorization Act Amends RLA Election Procedures

by FordHarrison on 2/15/2012

Executive Summary: On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act (the "Act") into law. The last long-term FAA funding act expired in September 2007. In addition to the...more

NLRB Update: Presidential Appointments Ignite Controversy

by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/8/2012

President Barack Obama’s controversial appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) have sparked a constitutional firestorm and subsequent legal battle that could potentially alter the makeup of the labor...more

Trade & Manufacturing Alert - January 2012

by King & Spalding on 1/4/2012

In This Issue: 01 WTO Approves Terms Of Accession For Russia 02 Second Annual Conference On The Renaissance Of American Manufacturing-- Jobs, Trade And The Presidential Election, March 27, 2012 02 Federal...more

RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD: A CLARIFICATION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE CONCERNED PARTIES

by Aitza Haddad on 10/1/2011

This paper reviews the history of the claims to statehood and sovereignty of the Palestinian people, from the period of the League of Nations mandate to the current move to secure UN approval of a Palestinian State. The...more

Energy Newsletter - September 2011

by King & Spalding on 9/1/2011

In This Issue REGULATORY FERC - Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Under FERC Order No. 1000 Amended regulations ensuring efficient and cost-effective investment decisions are necessary because...more

The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92

by Rey Cartojano on 7/10/2011

The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92 Atty. Elpidio V. Peria The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away: How The Supreme Court Tried to Dispense Social Justice While Condemning Landless Farmers to...more

Global View: The Future of New Egypt

by Mary B. Ayad on 1/3/2011

Three significant facts about Egypt will be discussed in depth to demonstrate why investors and arbitration counsel and practitioners are facing a New Egypt based on legitimate democratic principles necessary for...more

Lloyd Msipa's pubic profile

by Lloyd Msipa on 8/17/2010

Lloyd Msipa is a Zimbabwean Lawyer and aspiring Zimbabwean Politician. He was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. His father was a ZAPU politician in Zimbabwe who died weeks before the merge between ZAPU PF and ZANU PF in December...more

Negotiations Between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay: Energy Competition in South America as an Opportunity for Cooperation

by Rodrigo Marcussi Fiatikoski on 5/26/2010

The present research examines how Brazilian diplomacy has acted in cases involving conflicts over natural resources in South American countries, highlighting trends of regional integration and changes in the political...more

Texas Homebuilder Bob Perry Ordered to Pay $51 Million for Defective House

by Robert Kraft on 3/3/2010

A Tarrant County jury this week has delivered a devastating blow to homebuilder Bob Perry by awarding $51 million to a couple who sued Perry because of their defective house. The back-story to this case is quite lengthy, but...more

Airline Legal Alert: NMB Maintains Prohibition Against Use of "Hyperlinks" To Voting Website

by FordHarrison on 12/3/2009

As reported in a previous Alert, in July 2009 the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it was soliciting comments on whether it should permit the use of electronic "hyperlinks" to the website where employees may cast...more

Airline Legal Alert: NMB Rules Under Union Siege

by FordHarrison on 10/5/2009

In a blatant effort to take advantage of a change in the membership of the National Mediation Board (NMB), unions have petitioned the NMB to alter its longstanding procedures on how representation elections are...more

Airline Management Newsletter - August 20, 2009

by FordHarrison on 8/20/2009

IN THIS ISSUE: *Ford & Harrison Partner and F&H Solutions Group President to Serve as Advisors to Dunlop II Committee *Court finds USAPA Breached Duty of Fair Representation to Former America West Pilots *Fiduciaries...more

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