Chair’s ColumnAlternative Dispute Resolution, November 2001The Alternate Dispute Resolution Section Council anticipates a year of progress and innovation.
HB 812 analysisAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2001Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act by repealing section 1200, which provides for: (1) That no fee may be charged a claimant in a proceeding under the Act by the Director; (2) that claimants may be represented by counsel in any administrative proceeding; and (3) that specified violations of section 1200 are Class A misdemeanors.
Case law updateBy Christine O’ReillyAlternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001Merrill Lynch Life Agency (MLLA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S), a broker-dealer
Chair’s ColumnAlternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001The Uniform Mediation Act is now in its final draft. Apparently the plan is for the draft to be submitted to the annual meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) in August 2001.
Legislative updateAlternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001The Illinois Supreme Court has recently unveiled a new rule relating to the use of mediation programs in courts across the state
Mediation in matrimonial mattersAlternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001Question: May an attorney engaged in matrimonial mediation draft file a separation agreement and divorce papers that incorporate terms agreed upon by the marital parties in the course of the mediation?
Print resourcesBy Christopher R. DrahozalAlternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001"The article reexamines the most common academic criticisms of 'mandatory' arbitration of consumer disputes.
Alternative dispute resolution in Illinois AgricultureBy Alicia Hill RuizAlternative Dispute Resolution, April 2001Illinois farmers can be counted among those choosing mediation when it is offered as an alternative method of resolving disputes
Case law updateBy Christine O’ReillyAlternative Dispute Resolution, April 2001A trial court ordered Rebecca Saldana and Nicole Newmann to participate in mandatory arbitration on July 8, 1999 at 8:30 a.m.
Chair’s ColumnAlternative Dispute Resolution, April 2001I want to commend Northern Illinois University's Law Review on its superb symposium: "Hot Topics in Dispute Resolution: What Advocates, Neutrals and Consumers Need to Know."
ADR happeningsAlternative Dispute Resolution, February 2001The United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois recently created a new local rule governing the confidentiality of alternative dispute resolution proceedings
Alternative dispute resolution in bankruptcyBy Erwin I. KatzAlternative Dispute Resolution, February 2001The use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), once unknown in the bankruptcy context, has increased exponentially over the past ten years.
Case law updateBy Christine O’ReillyAlternative Dispute Resolution, February 2001(Editor's note: The following case brief, Green Tree v. Randolph, represents the final installation of our series of briefs updating this case as it has progressed through the state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
ADR issues before the Supreme Court during the 2000-2001 termBy Jennifer JonesAlternative Dispute Resolution, December 2000During the 1999-2000 term, the Supreme Court heard a case that questioned whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) provisions require that a motion to confirm, vacate or modify an arbitration award be brought only in the district in which the award was made.
Case law updateBy Christine O’ReillyAlternative Dispute Resolution, December 2000Plaintiffs filed a sixteen-count complaint concerning a motor vehicle collision with damages of $30,000.
Chair’s ColumnAlternative Dispute Resolution, December 2000The work of the section council has been progressing nicely. The Illinois Mediator's Certification Act gained the support of the Family Law, Administrative Law, Local Government, and Health Care Law Section Councils.
National Employment Dispute Resolution Act of 2000Alternative Dispute Resolution, December 2000To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to mediate employee claims arising under such Acts, and for other purposes.
Online resourcesAlternative Dispute Resolution, December 2000Now available online is the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution's Form Book for ADR practitioners.
Print resourcesAlternative Dispute Resolution, October 2000Bargaining for Advantage is a new book covering goal-oriented bargaining and negotiations based on Professor G. Richard Shell's executive training program.
ADR happeningsAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000Andrew Shepard, currently a law Professor at Hofstra Law School, and reporter for the revision of the Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation, sought assistance and input for the revision of the fourteen standards highlighted on the AFCC website in the January 2000 issue of Just Resolutions.
ADR Internet resourcesAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000This Website (http://www.abcny.org) offers a list of topics in outline form, compiled by the Bar of the City of New York, intended as a guide for ADR system designers to use in the creation of standards of practice for their systems that are specific to the needs of those systems.
ADR print resourcesAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000Dr. Laura F. Donnely and Ms. Rebecca G. Ebron have recently completed a study entitled The Child Custody and Visitation Mediation Program in North Carolina, An Evaluation of Its Implementation and Effects.
Alternative dispute resolution grantsAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000Designed to offset a fellow's living expenses while he or she completes the final year of dissertation in anticipation of a doctoral degree.
Case law updateAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000The parties in this case share joint custody of their son.
Federal government use of ADR may change legal cultureBy Suzanne SchmitzAlternative Dispute Resolution, June 2000The federal government is a leader in the use of ADR. Extensive use of ADR by the federal government will inevitably affect the entire legal culture
ADR Internet ResourcesAlternative Dispute Resolution, March 2000ADRWorld Online
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