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Rethinking divorce through collaborative practice By Samia Zayed Family Law, August 2007 By now it is no surprise to most people that 50 percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce.
Happenings By Kristi Hornickel, Megan Kawa, & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, June 2006 After ruling on a case in which an arbitrator decided to dismiss a case after inferring a one-year statute of limitation from an expired contract, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the conditions under which an arbitrator's decision can be vacated for manifest disregard of the law.
Rethinking divorce through collaborative practice By Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, June 2006 By now it is no surprise to most people that 50 percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce.
Case summaries By Kristi Hornickel, Megan Kawa, & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2006 Traveler's Casualty and Surety Co. (Insurer) and ACandS (Insuree) entered into a coverage agreement which included an arbitration clause.
Happenings By Kristi Hornickel, Megan Kawa, & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2006 Consumer arbitration policy has been a hotly contested issue and the New Jersey Supreme Court took center stage in the debate when it heard arguments from two cases in February.
News and events By Kristi Hornickel, Megan Kawa, & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2006 MTI is coordinating an effort to elect mediators to public office in the United States and other democracies.
Case summaries By Kristi Hornickel & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, March 2006 Recent cases of interest to ADR practitioners.
Standards & certification section By Megan Kawa & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, March 2006 Electronic mail has been ruled as an acceptable means for initiating arbitration by England's Commercial Court.
ADR happenings By Megan Kawa & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, February 2006 In December, Congressman Charlie Norwood (R-GA) introduced the bill H.R. 4503, supported by Lincoln Davis (D-TN) and Sam Graves (R-MO).
Case summaries By Megan Kawa & Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, February 2006 The Universal Service Fund filed a complaint at the district level alleging that defendants Sprint and AT&T collaborated with Worldcom in violation of the FCA and the Sherman Act.
Who determines an arbitration agreement’s conscionability? By Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, December 2005 The question of whether or not arbitrators should decide when arbitration agreements are unconscionable is being tackled by an eleven judge en banc panel of the 9th Circuit in California.
Florida: Pressure by Mediator can justify setting aside a settlement By Samia Zayed Alternative Dispute Resolution, October 2005 A case brought to Florida's 4th district court of appeals should serve as a reminder to mediators that pressuring or coercing parties to settle is improper and settlements made under these conditions can be set aside.

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