ABA Journal: Are Ghostwritten Legal Blogs Unethical? http://is.gd/956×6

Commercial ADR: Contractor Alert! Time on Your Hands? Want to Play Litigation? http://is.gd/7lRrv

Computational Legal Studies: Visualizing the Campaign Contributions to Senators in the 110th Congress — The TARP EDITION http://is.gd/6TD9E

Cross Collaborate: Making Sense of Data through Visualization http://short.to/157v0

Neuroethics & Law Blog: Enhancing Ability to Deceive http://bit.ly/axq53R

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Investor misconduct and investment treaty arbitration: mapping the terrain http://short.to/157cs

Florida Arbitration Law: Mold in Florida Home Construction Case Sent to Arbitration http://is.gd/7lUTm

SCOTX Blog: Interlocutory appeals: Does the TX Sup Ct have a special role in correcting errors about federal law? http://short.to/14ie6

Law Department Management: A view that managing organizational complexity is a top priority of general counsel http://is.gd/6TENk

Brains On Purpose™: Our hidden brain: How much of an influence does it have on our decisions? http://is.gd/7lUuw

Disputing: Microsoft Wins Domain Name Arbitration http://is.gd/7lOhB

The Complex Litigator: 9th: class rep can settle ind claims but retain personal stake to appeal denial of cert http://short.to/14j1f

Mediation Channel: Fallacious Argument of the Month: the Appeal to Authority http://short.to/157ui

Brains On Purpose™: Neurososcience evolved from an interdisciplinary specialty to a full fledged scholarly discipline http://short.to/157cw

ADR Law: ADR and the State of the Union http://short.to/157ul

Mediation Matters: This one time in Band Camp, I Learned to Empathize http://short.to/157ci

Harvard Negotiation Law Review: New Perspectives in Negotiation: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Approach http://short.to/157u6

The Trial Warrior Blog: Jonathan L. Rubin #SSRN on “Twombly and its Children” http://short.to/14j12

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Supremes Grant Cert In Commerical Arbitration Case That Has Labor Implications http://is.gd/6TGGK

Goldstein: Mediator Tactics to Solve the Stubborn Case http://bit.ly/9jo7Xu

Disputing: Harvard Medical, Dental, & Public Health Newsletter: Conflict Resolution in Health Care http://short.to/157tt

ADR Prof Blog: Chocolate Cake v. Fruit–Or Why Get Emotional During “Rational” Negotiations http://is.gd/7lNwU (cognitive overload=emotional)

Copyrights & Campaigns: Court reduces award to $2,250/song; avoids constitutional issue; enjoins further infringement http://short.to/14ic0

SCOTX Blog: CourTex: Rate of jury trials in Texas http://is.gd/6TDLJ (roughly 0.5% of civil matters ended in jury trial during last 3 yrs)

The Decision Tree Analysis Blog: Your Next Decision Tree: How Will You Account for Litigation Fees and Costs http://short.to/1518v

PsyBlog: Cheating: Does Deindividuation Encourage It? http://short.to/14iay (social psychology experiment on Halloween illuminates cheating)

BrainBlog: Aerobic Exercise and Neurons http://short.to/14izh

The Frontal Cortex: Musical Predictions http://is.gd/6ToWU

BPS Research Digest: Hospital staff make better decisions using textual information rather than medical charts http://short.to/134n4

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: How to Divide Marital Property in a Dallas, Texas Divorce http://bit.ly/4V3nkT

BPS Research Digest: Scared face processed more quickly when seen out of the corner of the eye http://bit.ly/5V9e1a

Psychology Today: The Dynamic Duo: Imagination + Knowledge: Study connects daydreaming and superior intelligence http://bit.ly/7q1J5d

Brain Waves: Tel Aviv Neurotech Cluster Thrives Email This Entry http://bit.ly/4zioyU

PsyBlog: The 7 Psychological Principles of Scams: Protect Yourself by Learning the Techniques http://bit.ly/6Zj4eR

BPS Research Digest: Early risers are more proactive than evening people http://bit.ly/5wjrjc

Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog: Mediator’s Proposal Roundtable http://short.to/14i6q

Goldstein: Judicial Enforcement of Arbitral Provisional Measures http://is.gd/6Ti08

Disputing: More on ‘Bad Faith’ Mediation in Texas http://is.gd/6TmHb

Disputing: Mediation in Healthcare: Interview with Healthcare Neutral Richard Webb http://is.gd/6TiVT

Wired GC: Legal Recovery Watch: the Real Unknown http://is.gd/6TuH8

ADR Prof Blog: Sternlight on Rent-a-Center West http://is.gd/6Tmjn

idealawg: Some articles for you on decision tree analysis http://short.to/14i96

Goldstein: Post-Award Reconsideration: More Evolved Thoughts on the Second Circuit’s T. Co. v. Dempsey Decision http://bit.ly/87cGbq

ADR Prof Blog: FINRA’s arbitration filings rise almost 50% in 2009 http://is.gd/6Tgm5

The Frontal Cortex: Chess Intuition http://short.to/1439f (experts don’t consciously analyze information) Time profile http://short.to/143s1

Disputing: 2009 Arbitration Case Law: Fifth Circuit http://is.gd/6CWjX (nice summary)

Mediate.com: The Psychology Of Mediation, Part I: The Mediator’s Issues Of Self And Identity http://bit.ly/8nh3gr

Kluwer Construction Blog: Making Demands on Advance Payment Guarantees and Performance Bonds – the “fraud exception” http://is.gd/6CXfN

Mediation Matters: The Mediator’s Proposal Roundtable: The Good, the Bad, The Ugly http://short.to/143r4

Business Conflict Blog: SCOTUS Grants Cert in Employment Arbitration http://short.to/1438l

ADR Prof Blog: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Arbitrability Case http://short.to/1438d

Mediation Matters Vanna, Can I See if There a Sincere Apology For $500?:http://is.gd/6z4D7

SCOTX: Fifth Circuit: Mid-Continent Insurance does not extend to the duty to defend http://short.to/13ury

Neuroethics & Law Blog: “Forgetting We Forget: Overconfidence and Memory” http://bit.ly/8aujFG

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Jury Verdict Research In Employment Discrimination http://bit.ly/8nJGCt

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: More law schools experiment with laptop bans http://is.gd/6sSjd

Mashable: Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting http://short.to/13ux9

Law Department Management: In the noise about Pfizer’s massive fixed-fee arrangement, a whispered question http://short.to/13v8b

Law.com: Law Library of Congress: Now on YouTube http://is.gd/6sJdM

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: I made a huge mistake, can I get an annulment? http://bit.ly/5HPyhJ

ADR Prof Blog: Deadline looms for closed GM and Chrysler auto dealers to challenge their termination in arbitration http://is.gd/6TgzX

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law School: Stipanowich’s Work Named ‘Best Professional Article’ http://bit.ly/6opM5w

CourTex: Workload of District Courts http://short.to/14ieq (Criminal 40.6%; Civil 20.7%; Family 34.0%; Juvenile 4.7%)

Kiser: Beyond Right and Wrong: The Power of Effective Decision Making for Attorneys and Clients http://is.gd/6TczB (extension of his JELS piece)

The Frontal Cortex: Self-Control, Redux http://is.gd/647sD

NPR All Tech Considered: IBM Predicts Five Trends For Cities http://is.gd/64riW

TaxProf Blog: Taxpayers Win 14% of Tax Cases http://is.gd/6rJpl

Business Conflict Blog: You Gotta Wonder, Sometimes…. http://is.gd/6rx5Y

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: That’s Not My Department http://short.to/13u17

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Attorney’s Fees in Probate — New Texas case http://short.to/13u2y

Computational Legal Studies™: Sean Gourley on the Mathematics of War http://bit.ly/5bP8bV

Loree: Vacating Arbitration Awards – Part III.B: Evident Partiality (Enforcing the Parties’ Expectations of Neutrality) http://is.gd/6rxs5

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Can a deceased person be a trust beneficiary? http://short.to/13u2x

Psychology Today: Managing Conflicts With Email: Why It’s So Tempting.Dealing with conflict: Can’t I just email ? http://bit.ly/7HOSuH

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Gensler on CAFA’s effect on state court class actions http://is.gd/6rGvw

Mediation Matters: Poker Wins Can Really Mean You Lose in Life’s Negotiations http://short.to/13u16

idealawg: “Close Encounters Of The Desired Kind: Study Reveals Wanted Objects Are Seen As Closer” http://short.to/13ubm

Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Do Attorneys’ “Get in the Way” of Mediator Assisted Negotiations? http://is.gd/69tzJ

Schau’s Mediation Insights: New Employment Case Limits Right to Recover Attorneys Fees http://bit.ly/8VL6hN

Disputing: 210 Billion Emails Sent Each Day –It’s Time to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery http://is.gd/6ruNt

Commercial ADR: Ninth Circuit Permits Class Representative’s Appeal Despite Settlement of His Personal Claims http://is.gd/6rt9T

ABA Litigation News: Eighth Circuit Upholds Class-Action Waiver http://short.to/134pj

Texas Lawyer Blog: Firm mergers down in 2009, report finds http://short.to/135qx

Trial Warrior Blog: Twitter and Emergence of a New Market: How Twitter is Disrupting Market Exchanges Based Upon Price http://is.gd/64tjP

Mashable: Facebook Founder on Privacy: Public Is the New “Social Norm” http://is.gd/65eFm

Loree Forum: SCOTUS Grants Certiorari in Jackson v. Rent-a-Center West, Inc. Arbitration Unconscionability Case http://is.gd/6z2Np

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Failure To Seek Arbitration Stay Precludes Employer From Arguing That The Matter Is Not Arbitrable http://is.gd/64RXu

Law.com Legal Blog Watch: Of Am Law 100 Firms, 29 Are Tweeting http://is.gd/64Qag

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Using a bill of review in a probate matter — Texas style http://bit.ly/86P6vt

Loree: Arbitration Nuts & Bolts: Vacating Arbitration Awards – Part IIIA: Evident Partiality (Expectations of Parties) http://short.to/133rq

Disputing: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arbitration Unconscionability Case http://bit.ly/72TNv1

CourTex: Vanishing Jury Trials http://bit.ly/6BiDE7 (latest stats out of court administration)

Mashable: AT&T and Verizon Slash Their Prices in an All-Out Price War http://is.gd/6t2az

Predictably Irrational: The Science Behind Exercise Footwear http://is.gd/648t1

Florida Arbitration Law: Should Your Business Contracts Include Pre-Suit… Mediation? http://is.gd/63YMR

Gerry Spence’s Blog: Why I hated Avatar http://short.to/134rz

Loree: Some New and Useful Resources for Arbitration and Mediation Fans Courtesy of Don Philbin and Victoria Pynchon http://short.to/13uvl

Law Department Management: Three law firms formed a collective to bill Pfizer as a single firm http://is.gd/6sRRJ

The Frontal Cortex: Avatar http://short.to/133vs

The Frontal Cortex: Charity is Social http://short.to/13u1q

Predictably Irrational: What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google http://is.gd/647XX

Psychology Today: The Globalization of Psychiatry – Universalizing Our Mental Illness Rather than creating science http://short.to/134nm

Vogel: Facebook – Weather Report and Lobbying Members of Congress http://short.to/134r3

The Frontal Cortex: Intelligence and the Idle Mind http://bit.ly/83PJ2J

Managerial Econ: Mathematica Demonstration project http://is.gd/5KDI3

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: We were separated in NY, but reconciled and lived together in Dallas. Am I still married? http://bit.ly/8aPpzv

Psychology Today: God, Lincoln, and Depression: How Abraham Lincoln could be both depressed and unassailably strong http://is.gd/64a25

Mnookin: Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight http://bit.ly/7AhCGE Amazon: http://is.gd/6kLST (Mnookin is ADR giant)

Disputing: Professor Alan Scott Rau Comments on Dealer Computers v. Old Colony Motors http://bit.ly/8RhMAI

Patently-O: Wikipedia Citations in Patents Up 59 Percent http://is.gd/64pVE

Texas Lawyer: The lingering effect of decisions made under the influence of negative emotions http://is.gd/64kWo

Loree: Stolt-Nielsen Oral Argument Analysis: Part IV http://short.to/133rl

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences Theme Issue ‘Rationality and emotions’ http://bit.ly/6U4Hda (free-2/28)

ABA Litigation Update: Court Rejects Bank of America–Merrill Settlement, Changes Securities Landscape http://is.gd/64hWa

Marc J. Goldstein: Referring Arbitrability Issues to the Arbitrator http://is.gd/63Pk2

The Strategic Mediator: Mediation between the Rational and Irrational – a little about tigers and stripes… http://bit.ly/7qxVYE

Commercial ADR: Business2Business “Demand Letters” – Precede Them with a Conversation http://short.to/134kn

Florida Arbitration Law: 11th Circuit Considers Sprint Nextel’s Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Clauses http://bit.ly/85pvNc

Mediation Matters: Medicare Reimbursement Rights: 2010 http://short.to/133ru

Loree: The LinkedIn Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group is Now More than 500 Members Strong! http://is.gd/63RUa #in

Negotiation Journal: Facilitating Conflict Transformation: Mediator Strategies for Eliciting Emotional Communication http://bit.ly/7D19He

Disputing: GUEST-POST PART II | Employment Arbitration: Short-Term Value but Long-Term Harm http://is.gd/63R1Q

Disputing: GUEST-POST PART I | Employment Arbitration: Short-Term Value but Long-Term Harm http://is.gd/63QNX

Negotiation Journal: The Negative Impact of Attorneys on Mediation Outcomes: A Myth or a Reality? http://bit.ly/6WV9Eh

Disputing: 2009 Developments in Mediation: Joint Commission Standard on Code of Conduct http://short.to/133rc

Mediation Strategies: THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE JOINT SESSION http://bit.ly/4stuP4

CalculatedRisk: First Foreclosure in Dubai http://is.gd/64o8N

Marc J. Goldstein: A Legislated Solution to the Class Actions Conundrum? http://is.gd/63P3X

Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Don’t Leave Money on the Table or Pay Too Much for that Release this Year http://is.gd/64P9p (Thanks Vickie)

Wisconsin AP News: AFT, Democrats Want UW System To Sign Union Deal http://short.to/133ym (UWisconsin selects colleague Richard Barnes)

Disputing: Dispute Resolution Journal Article: Decisional Errors: Why We Make Them and How to Address Them http://short.to/133ws (Thanks!)

CATASTROPHIC INS COVERAGE: Collateral Source Rule Protects Tort Plaintiff’s Recovery for Health Insurance Discounts http://bit.ly/8qnIoZ

Patently-O: Judge versus Jury (Again): Who Should Decide the Question of Obviousness? http://is.gd/5uKXD

Florida Arbitration Law: Post details: NY Court Questions Whether Arbitrability is Best for Court or Arbitrator http://short.to/111gz

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Custody Battle: Dad’s Story http://short.to/11263

idealawg: New criticism of learning styles: May we FINALLY say goodbye to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK)? http://is.gd/5sB8Y

Brains on Purpose: Being strong and silent, or meek and mild, may turn you weak and wild http://is.gd/5sB4X

The Ombuds Blog: The Ombuds Decade in Review http://bit.ly/8djzJg

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: The Decades 25 Biggest Legal Stories http://is.gd/5HJkR

The Frontal Cortex: Tiger Woods http://short.to/115t2 (the defining feature of human willpower is its weakness)

Brain Waves: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT – Must See 20 Minute Video http://short.to/11lp6 (excellent research and video)

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: New Edition of Texas Elder Law Released http://bit.ly/8MZrZ3

Psych Central: Smiling Increases Good Samaritan Behavior http://is.gd/5KDwj

Law Department Management: Three common delusions that confound our decision-making http://is.gd/5zWE0

Dispute Resolution Journal: Decisional Errors: Why We Make Them and How to Address Them http://bit.ly/7dpzwk #in

Workplace Prof Blog: Hart on Supreme Court Extremism http://bit.ly/4LIkGs

NYT Op-Ed by CA & NH CJs: A Nation of Do-It-Yourself Lawyers http://bit.ly/4oLPWF (self-help Web sites, online assistance programs, etc.)

Business Conflict Blog: Man Bites Dog: Employment Arbitration Takes a Bashing http://short.to/11low

Brains On Purpose™: The brain and culture: “The mind’s great conflict spills over onto the world stage” http://is.gd/5KDm4

Law Department Management: The longer the litigation, the higher the fees – but a linear relationship? http://is.gd/5HJst

Predictably Irrational: The Significant Objects Project http://bit.ly/8LH0Mw

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: Chinese Dry Wall Redux – United Policyholders Nudges the Insurance Regulators http://bit.ly/5GFEPO

Empirical Legal Studies: Prediction Markets vs. Super Crunching: Which Can Better Predict How Justice Kennedy Will Vote? http://is.gd/5HI8u

Patently-O: Recent Jury Verdicts http://bit.ly/8XvKhr

BPS Research Digest: Right-handers sit to the right of the movie screen to optimise neural processing of the film http://bit.ly/7qkxk9

Commercial ADR: An insurance coverage negotiation case study http://is.gd/5HGCL

FL Arbitration Law: Preclusion or Permission: SCOTUS Hears Case Re Class Actions When Arbitration is Silent http://short.to/115vc

Settlement Perspectives: A Simple Thank You http://short.to/12b0c (highlights many blogs and publications)

Brains on Purpose: Video of magicians discussing attention, perception, and memory at Neuroscience 2009 http://is.gd/5sB2m

Commercial ADR: How to Convince Your Adversary You’re Right http://short.to/121pv

Patently-O: The Presumption of Irreparable Harm? http://is.gd/5uKTv

Loree: Arbitration Nuts & Bolts: Vacating Arbitration Awards — Part II: Corruption, Fraud and Undue Means http://is.gd/5uGVW

Takeaways: Playing By the Rues: When Mediation is Like Improv http://is.gd/5zTlo (Jeff Krivis teaches Improvisational Mediation at Straus)

Settlement Perspectives: In-House Legal Blogs, Social Media and Web 2.0: Can They Advance Your Career? http://bit.ly/6O51Pu

Florida Arbitration Law: Florida Supreme Court Orders Mediation for Foreclosures http://bit.ly/8SkkRP

Legal Writing Prof Blog: The Bluebook publishes online “cheat-sheet” http://bit.ly/5DZLrL (“Blue Tips”handles Bluebook questions)

CrossCollaborate: Robert Benjamin on the Irrational Rationality of Mediation Models http://is.gd/5sBxb

Patently-O: Appellate Court Enforces Permanent Injunction against Microsoft Word http://bit.ly/50oVps

idealawg: Fine idea: ADR Highlight Reel http://short.to/122c5 (thanks!)

Legal Writing Prof Blog: legal writing prof on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on January 4, 2010 http://is.gd/5vzzV — better than LA lawyer?

PsyBlog: When Situations Not Personality Dictate Our Behaviour http://is.gd/5uIFe

The Frontal Cortex: Free Will and Ethics http://bit.ly/8429Ip (free will illusion leads us to be more prosocial and ethical)

CrossCollaborate: Mediating on Two Tracks: the Rational and the Rest of Human Nature http://bit.ly/5DU4zD

RT @PhilLoreeJr: A great new #ADR online resource courtesy of @DonPhilbin: the ADR Highlight Reel: http://bit.ly/8Pli6z (thanks Phil)

Dallas Divorce Blog: Fair market value vs. Intrinsic value: Which one to use? http://bit.ly/7nXbeX

BankruptcyProf Blog: Annual Report on the Federal Courts – 2009 http://bit.ly/6hbv6o

Business Conflict Blog: Some Helpful Principles of Competitive Negotiation http://is.gd/5KD9B

idealawg: Turning back the clock of time: How this columnist knocked ten years off his age http://bit.ly/8FZBhy

FL Arbitration Law: Treating Doctor & ARNP Not Intended to be Included in Resident-Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement http://short.to/11lp0

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Electronic Wills Analyzed http://short.to/115xk (Shattering and Moving Beyond the Gutenberg Paradigm)

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Arbitration award vacated after court finds arbitrator exceed his authority http://bit.ly/4ywwuK

Brains on Purpose: Watch the videos from the U of Chicago conference on how the social brain experiences empathy http://short.to/1125n

idealawg: Law firms looking at rate bumps in 2010 http://is.gd/5HG3g

BPS Research Digest: What does a doodle do? It boosts your memory and concentration http://bit.ly/7Ed0Uy

BPS Research Digest: People are happier in those states identified with ‘quality of life’ http://short.to/115t9 full list http://is.gd/5uKeK

The Frontal Cortex: Willpower http://short.to/121qc (New Year’s resolutions are exactly the wrong way to change our behavior)

Psychology Today: What an Effective New Year’s Resolution Looks Like: The curious case of successful resolution keeper.http://bit.ly/7rolTm

ADR Prof Blog: Avatar and Invictus http://bit.ly/7gFZ6F (movie reviews — from a DR perspective)

idealawg: Review of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World http://short.to/122bu

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Canadian television production company seeks dramatic will stories http://is.gd/5jJAj

Predictably Irrational: Visual illusions and decision illusions http://is.gd/5jPO1 (fooled in predictable and consistent ways over and over)

Psychology Today: Sugar Addiction In Your Body, Not Just Your Mind: Is out of sight, out of mind the best policy? http://is.gd/5jREw

Disputing: 2009 Developments in Mediation: Mediation Confidentiality http://is.gd/5HIWt

Disputing: 2009 Arbitration and Mediation Guest-Bloggers at Disputing http://short.to/122bo

Xobni Blog: Xobni 1.8.5: Major Improvements for All, and Free “Links Exchanged” Upgrade for Xobni Plus Members http://short.to/109ri (nifty)

Business Conflict Blog: Gender and Negotiation: An Interesting Study of a Perennial Topic http://bit.ly/6BHKDZ

Goldstein: Arbitral Discretion to Refuse Tactical Adjournment Requests http://bit.ly/77mEGD

The Complex Litigator: Adobe rolls out significant upgrades to Acrobat.com, improving user experience and machinery http://short.to/109hu

Xobni Blog: First Round gives Susan Boyle a Run for her Money http://short.to/10a8s (patent apps may be down but these innovators inspire)

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Rules that the Arbitrators -Not the Courts- Must Decide Who Pays the AAA Arbitration Fees http://bit.ly/7WOUQw

Patently-O: Predicted 2009 Patent Application Filings: An off year http://short.to/109q8 (CNN: “Recession’s latest victim: U.S. innovation”)

Kluwer Construction Blog: Flexible Arbitration Filing Fees Introduced by AAA http://is.gd/5sAAc

Mediation Matters: Mediation in History: Far East: Mediation: It’s Wonderful http://bit.ly/6vfoQF

Enjoy Mediation: Emotions in Negotiation http://is.gd/5sADV

SCOTUS Blog: Sarbanes-Oxley and its devilish details: Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB, 08-861, Argument Recap http://bit.ly/4zZMc0

The Trial Warrior Blog: My “22 Tweets Twitterview” http://bit.ly/7g9w61 (website, online directories, & Google SEO increased engagements)

TortsProf Blog: RAND Report on Silica Litigation Released http://short.to/1095g

Disputing: 2009 Developments in Arbitration: Consumer and Employment Arbitration http://short.to/11kx8

The Complex Litigator: Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Superior Court puts the privilege in attorney-client privilege http://short.to/1095r

Mediation Channel: What color is a banana? Perception, bias, and identity http://bit.ly/4VLBX3

negotiation – mediation – arbitration highlight reel: @DonPhilbin, http://www.linkedin.com/in/donphilbin, http://www.facebook.com/DonPhilbin

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Florida Verdict Against Philip Morris http://short.to/109io

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Farewell Videos http://is.gd/5jIFW (while videos can head off disputes, they also can backfire)

Business Conflict Blog: ADR in Italy http://bit.ly/6kYtKC

The Consensus Building Approach: Resolving Complaints About Irresponsible Corporations http://is.gd/5jLUj

Computational Legal Studies: Which Countries Own America’s Debt? http://short.to/1097l (reduce complexities to elegant graphs)

Psychology Today: Poets vs. Critics: Different Brain Systems http://bit.ly/4MGMFW

Wealth Mediation Blog: Avoiding Hostile Holidays http://bit.ly/4XpXM7

idealawg: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior http://short.to/108jo

Mediation Matters: Anger, The Reasons, The Righteousness, and Rationale http://bit.ly/8Fuvtq

TortsProf Blog: Engstrom on Personal Injury “Settlement Mills” (SSRN article: “Run-of-the-Mill Justice”) http://bit.ly/5tfLL1

BPS Research Digest: Scientists find way to strengthen memories during sleep http://short.to/109e8 (sleep important to memory consolidation)

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Cave Dwellers to Become Billionaires http://is.gd/5jJpx

When you point a finger at someone else, always remember that there are three pointing back at you. http://bit.ly/IPGp2

BPS Research Digest: Step away from the cookie jar! Over-confidence in self-control leads us to temptation http://is.gd/5jPq7

Managerial Econ: Refugees from New York http://bit.ly/1xCOxf

PsyBlog: The 12 Psychology Studies of Christmas http://short.to/11kxp

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Agency as a mechanism for compelling a non-signatory to join arbitral proceedings http://bit.ly/7G48YE

idealawg: Want to live a long life? Listen to music or volunteer http://is.gd/5dWOH

Predictably Irrational: The Psychology of Gift-Giving http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=712

Workplace Prof Blog: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Quon Privacy Case http://short.to/115vu

CAFA Law Blog: $5 Million?? That’s a Large Threshold . . . Or is it? http://is.gd/5jI51

Mediation Matters: The New Type C Personality: Emotionally Repressed http://bit.ly/6W7G7r

Mashable: Pepsi to Skip Super Bowl Ads in Favor of $20M Social Media Campaign http://bit.ly/7qiiVT

Loree: Stolt-Nielsen Oral Argument Analysis: Part III http://is.gd/5zSmX (perhaps best ongoing analysis of the only SCOTUS arbitration case)

Settlement Perspectives: Insurance Coverage: 4 Rules and 10 Tips for Policyholders http://is.gd/5sANl

Disputing: 2009 Developments in Mediation: Foreclosure Mediation Programs http://short.to/115v5

idealawg: Do actions, tone, or body language speak louder than words? That silly 55/38/7 rule again http://is.gd/5dWuc

Loree: Interesting Article on Arbitrator Power to Retain Jurisdiction http://is.gd/5syPu

Disputing: 2009 U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation http://bit.ly/5dBHAD

Disputing: 2009 Texas Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation http://www.karlbayer.com/blog/?p=6826

The Frontal Cortex: Why We Travel http://is.gd/5jPkm

Mediation Matters: SLO verdict in Nursing Home Case http://bit.ly/4LcP0w

Brains on Purpose: The brain for non-scientists: A 75-minute lesson in 12 short segments http://bit.ly/5glk1N

Goldstein: “Investments” in Investment Arbitration: A New Installment in the Jurisprudence http://bit.ly/7Tbo5y

ABA Journal: Jurors’ Wikipedia Research, Friending at Issue in Two Md. Cases http://bit.ly/8q0oh6

The Frontal Cortex: The Middle Way http://is.gd/5jR4Y (the “compromise effect” was first documented by Amos Tversky and Itamar Simonson)

Disputing: Obama Signs Legislation Providing Arbitration to Appeal Termination of GM and Chrysler Franchise Agreements http://is.gd/5syUO

ABA Journal: Patent Pending http://is.gd/5xiyp (bill would establish a 10-year pilot program in U.S. district courts with most patent cases)

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Lowers Bar for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction When Patentee is a Holding Company http://short.to/109kt

Complex Litigator: California Supreme Court sets 1-1 punitive damage to compensatory ratio on facts in Roby v. McKesson http://is.gd/5jJWz

Florida Arbitration Law: Second DCA Confirms “Widely Used” Durable Power of Attorney Form Includes Selecting Arbitration http://is.gd/5jFJl

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Divorce Now, or Divorce Later for $55 million? http://is.gd/5wzHU

Loree: Some Helpful Rules and Tips for Policyholders and Cedents Courtesy of Settlement Perspectives http://bit.ly/4PvQkY

The Trial Warrior Blog: Peter Gillies on “Forum Non Conveniens in the Context of International Commercial Arbitration” http://short.to/109ga

Cross Collaborate:The Back of the Napkin: New Approaches to Visualizing and Communicating Ideas http://is.gd/5jHj3

Settlement Perspectives: Delivering Bad News in Negotiation: 3 More Tips http://is.gd/5jHUw

ThePopTort: “Medical Errors are Our Bad” http://short.to/1186w (bill proposes to give money to states to consider litigation alternatives??)

BankruptcyProf Blog: A Summary of Bankruptcy Law http://short.to/109qi (appeared before you for a mediation in an adversarial proceeding)

The Divorce Collaborative: Tips for Surviving the Holidays During and After Divorce by Steve McDonough, Esq. http://bit.ly/6YRkYx

Psychology Today: The Brain at Google: How Google makes smart employees even smarter http://short.to/109mj (distractions down / glucose up)

ThePopTort: Bank of America, Dinosaurs, and Mandatory Binding Arbitration http://bit.ly/5h7WvC (good year for consumers)

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Am I still entitled to my ex’s social security benefits after our divorce? http://is.gd/5jH5j

Bankruptcy Litigation Blog: SCOTUS Drops Bombshell “Summary Disposition” Vacating 2d Circuit’s Chrysler Decision http://is.gd/5uLaa

Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer: A Pre-Cursor to the Arbitration Fairness Act Takes Another Step http://is.gd/5uHVG

BPS Research Digest: Psychologists find a drug-free way for fears to be unlearned http://bit.ly/8x9KPW

Workplace Prof Blog: Franken Versus Mandatory Arbitration http://bit.ly/4nDZAk

idealawg: THE BRAIN ADVANTAGE: A new book on the brain in the workplace http://short.to/1090v

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: How To Make It Through The Holidays After Divorce http://short.to/108ne

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Price for Cheating — $5,000,000 http://short.to/1094w

Mediation Channel: Remembering the human factor in the practice of law http://bit.ly/8ubuH2

Loree: Stolt-Nielsen Oral Argument Analysis: Part II http://bit.ly/8YgEnN

Loree: Stolt-Nielsen Oral Argument Analysis: Part I http://short.to/111dh (finally getting to Phil’s fine analysis)

idealawg: “Stories from the Jury Room: How Jurors Use Narrative to Process Evidence” http://short.to/108ke

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: First Time Litigating in Probate Court? http://is.gd/5jLGF

RT @dianelevin: Changing the world one dispute at a time: #FF to @KatriK @_mediationworks @BenZiegler @chicagomediator @DonPhilbin

RT @BonnieRN: #FollowFriday would not be complete without recommending Legal People I admire–> @ValentiLaw @chicagomediator @DonPhilbin

ABA Journal: The North Face Sues The South Butt for Trademark Infringement http://bit.ly/5FGVoS (truth better than fiction for Friday Funny)

#FF @dianelevin @IntlDispNegPod @PhilLoreeJr @ECGreaves @abegler @ValentiLaw @txconflictcoach @mgoose12 @ChicagoMediator @BonnieRN @AlexWisn

Don Philbin is delighted to have been elected a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators #in http://www.acctm.org/index.cfm

Mediation Channel: Playing around: game theory in popular culture http://bit.ly/7zp08L

Tim Corcoran Congratulations on being accepted as a Fellow in the American College of Civil Trial Mediators!!!! You’ll make a great contribution to the group. Welcome aboard and Happy Holidays.

Brains on Purpose: Are you promoting yawning in your mediations? If not, you may want to rethink that http://short.to/zjqt

Disputing: 2009 Arbitration Case Law: U.S. Supreme Court http://bit.ly/82tCXG

Mediation Matters: Mandatory and Voluntary Mediation: A Comparison of Effectiveness and Perspective http://is.gd/5dVUB

ADR Prof Blog: Is NBC Bargaining in the Shadow of Fuzzy Antitrust Law? http://is.gd/5jBXi

Mediation Matters: The Words You Choose Can Decrease Your Stress http://is.gd/5jBox

Disputing: 2009 Arbitration Case Law: Texas Supreme Court http://bit.ly/4ST2vP

Kluwer Construction Blog: Contractor risk in the Gulf’s ‘new wave’ of EPC contracting http://is.gd/5jCCf

Psychology Today: The Danger of Self-Affirmation: Self-affirmation isn’t a good idea for everyone http://bit.ly/6DvLhf

Florida Arbitration Law.com: Marital Settlement Agreement and Shareholder Agreement: One Has Arbitration Clause, the Othe http://is.gd/5dXau

Loree: Arbitration Nuts & Bolts: Vacating Arbitration Awards — It’s All in the Agreement http://is.gd/5jD1s

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: When Not to Mediate http://bit.ly/5fwpbg

Settlement Perspectives: Early Case Assessments: More on the ECA Toolkit from PD Villareal http://short.to/zkai

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment of Obviousness for Bulk EMail Patent http://is.gd/5ei7J

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Compels Nonsignatories to Arbitrate Wrongful Death Claims http://is.gd/5dWh8

Mediation Strategies: ADR AND THE NEW ALTERNATIVE http://bit.ly/715pwu (“vanishing trial”; soon “vanishing arbitration” high costs anxiety)

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: If You Thought E-Discovery Was Bad, Hang on For Cloud Computing http://bit.ly/5920Ow

Florida Arbitration Law: Deferring Public Policy Challenges to the Arbitrator: Is the Second District Right in Conflict? http://is.gd/5jCnS

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: California Supreme Court Speaks Yet Again on Punitive Damage Limitations http://is.gd/5ehDj

BPS Research Digest: People think that money affects happiness more than it really does http://short.to/zkaq

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: Multi-Party Mediation http://is.gd/5dWea

ABA Journal: ACTL Report: Electronic Discovery Should Be Proportionate to Controversy http://is.gd/57Ig5

Disputing: Tenth Circuit Imposes Sanctions for ‘Frivolous’ Attempt to Vacate Arbitration Award on Manifest Disregard http://short.to/zj4u

idealawg: Does how you move show how you think and communicate? http://bit.ly/5Kfypb (communication is more than just a linguistic dynamic)

Settle it Now: Music to a Mediator’s Ears: Construction Mediation Works! http://bit.ly/6EGPtR

ADR Prof Blog: Negotiation Journal Seeks Submissions http://bit.ly/8m59yd

Brains on Purpose: Using the arts in conflict resolution: Some more pieces of the puzzle? http://short.to/zjqc (book info arts and brain)

Mediation Matters: Tiger Woods’ Mediation of His Prenuptial Agreement Post Affair http://is.gd/5jG90

Dallas Divorce Blog: Geographical Restriction on Sole Managing Conservator’s Right to Designate Primary Residence Uphel http://short.to/zk9j

BPS Research Digest: You told me that already! Why we’re so poor at remembering to whom we told what http://is.gd/532vn

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Affirms Confirmation of NASD Arbitration Award http://is.gd/5dUXV

Settlement Perspectives: Delivering Bad News in Negotiation: How Big Is Your Conference Room? http://is.gd/5ehrm

idealawg: The Science Network: Many videos for you to watch on neuroscience, cognition, and learning http://bit.ly/4P77ZE

Kluwer Construction Blog: Chinese Drywall Update – Chinese Manufacturer Waives Hague Convention http://bit.ly/5DXcio

Negotiation Tip of the Week: Exercising your BATNA and preserving the Relationship http://short.to/zjq2

Sharp Brains: The Brain Advantage: Train your Autopilot . . . and How to Turn It Off http://bit.ly/8NuaO8

Patently-O: Patent on Tax Refund System Deemed Invalid under Section 101 http://is.gd/4ZMcP

SCOTUS Blog: Is “silence” a fiction? Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds, Argument Recap http://bit.ly/7KTFLi (Loree series: http://is.gd/5k0zn)

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Google Scholar Provides Free, Searchable Database of Judicial Decisions http://is.gd/4ZSoV

RT @valentilaw: #FF these great mediators who always share their expertise @DonPhilbin @dianelevin @txconflictcoach (thanks)

FL Arbitration Law: Arbitration Fairness Act (HR 1020 / S 931) May Get a Boost from Jones v. Halliburton and HR 3326 http://short.to/108nj

#FF to @dianelevin @IntlDispNegPod @PhilLoreeJr @DonPhilbin @abegler @ValentiLaw @ECGreaves @mgoose12 @txconflictcoach

SEClaw.com: Overview of the Securities Arbitration Process http://is.gd/56LxC

Loree: SCOTUS Update: Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (08-604) http://short.to/108ze

ABA Journal: Lawyers Second Most Likely Professional to Be in a Car Crash http://short.to/108yt

Psychology Today: The Myths of Intrinsic-Extrinsic Motivation: Incentives do not undermine intrinsic motivation http://is.gd/5331f

Disputing: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Railway Labor Act Arbitration Case http://is.gd/5j0dd

ADR Prof Blog: Larry Susskind: Audio Recording Available http://short.to/zj3t (public participation and deliberative democracy)

The Frontal Cortex: The Tiger Woods Effect http://bit.ly/7k5Sha (against someone better, we get nervous, then worry, then make mistakes)

The Frontal Cortex: Lying and Creativity http://is.gd/532zg (Picasso: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist on”

Loree: A Potpourri of Reinsurance Issues: Gulf Ins. Co. v Transatlantic Reins. Co. (1st Dep’t Oct. 1, 2009) (Part II)

The Frontal Cortex: The Reading Brain http://is.gd/4ZZ9M (your mind is performing an astonishing feat)

Workplace Prof Blog: Drummonds on Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrine http://bit.ly/6I9j7X

Patently-O: Vacatur: Judge Posner Agrees to Vacate Inequitable Conduct Holding Based on Settlement Agreement http://is.gd/4ZLXO

Disputing: What Standards of Review Apply to Arbitration Awards Under FAA 10(a)(4) in Fifth Circuit after Citigroup? http://short.to/xow9

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Reverse Mortgages — A disaster waiting to happen? http://short.to/yaba

ADR Prof Blog: Distinguishing Hi-Lo Agreements from Mary Carter Agreements http://short.to/w8kv

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: When is the ‘Venue’ of an Arbitration its ‘Seat’? http://short.to/yd5x

The Frontal Cortex: Reverse-Engineering http://bit.ly/6RSfX3 (supercomputers that imitate the machinery inside the skull)

Galima Group at Berkeley: How to prepare for an important negotiation http://short.to/yab6

Goldstein: The Fifth Circuit’s Reverse Preemption Decision: An “Upset Victory” for International Arbitration http://short.to/xpas

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Co-parenting Goes Online http://is.gd/4ZOLv (coordinate parenting schedules, health records, immunization histories

Neuroethics & Law Blog: New Brain-Related SSRN Abstracting Journals http://is.gd/4ZOem (law organizes and constrains human behavior)

RT @alan_sharland: Challenges and benefits of maintaining impartiality when supporting #conflict resolution: http://bit.ly/S8uoU #adr

EBay, Craigslist to Face Off in Court http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704825504574580302632724732.html?mod=rss_law

Business Conflict Blog: That Lincoln Quote http://bit.ly/6NbGjF “As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.

idealawg: Blog Glob – Inside the mind of an actor (literally): How does an actor engage with the part they are playing? http://short.to/ya7h

BPS Research Digest: Want to predict a footie result? Don’t even think about it http://short.to/xpd8 (unconscious thought helpful)

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: More Fathers Are Getting Custody In Divorce http://bit.ly/6HB30q (NYT: More Fathers Are Getting Custody In Divorce)

The Greater Good Blog: Is Marriage Good for Your Health? http://is.gd/4ZPaX (married may protect health, divorced may damage health)

Wired GC: Google Targets Legal Search – Part 2 http://bit.ly/6YMTE1 (free doesn’t mean “lacks value” integrate other Google offerings?)

Harvard Business Publishing: How Will “Augmented Reality” Affect Your Business? http://short.to/vkwr

PsyBlog: The Chameleon Effect: Does mimicking other people’s body language really make them like us? http://is.gd/4ZNnU

The Frontal Cortex: Fourth Down http://is.gd/4ZNZY (illustrates difficulty making rational decisions, even when evidence supports the call)

ABA Journal: Persuasion secrets: Tips on crafting effective arguments http://is.gd/52DsK

RT @IntlDispNegPod: RT @dianelevin: A #FF to terrific ADR folks @ValentiLaw @PhilLoreeJr @DonPhilbin @abegler @IntlDispNegPod @mgoose12 @EC

RT @valentilaw: #FF gr8 ADR folks @PhilLoreeJr @DonPhilbin @abegler @dianelevin @IntlDispNegPod @MediatorsBB @mgoose12 @ECGreaves @ACRWork

RT @IntlDispNegPod: CPR Inst. letter to DC on Arb Fairness Act: http://is.gd/5cDGI

The Frontal Cortex: Expertise http://bit.ly/3faQkH (the unreliability of wine critics, citing Hodgson’s fascinating statistical work)

ADR Prof Blog: Arbitration Betting http://bit.ly/4pOrDj (Mnookin: SCOTUS will allow interlocutory appeals from class action certification)

AmLaw: Downside of Litigation Financing: FL CT Rules Investor Backing Unsuccessful Lawsuit Liable for Attorneys’ Fees http://short.to/zdgj

Reverse & Render: Supreme Court Limits Entitlement to Attorney’s Fees http://is.gd/4ZPWs (narrowed right to fees on uncontroverted evidence)

Mediation Channel: For mediators, negotiators: recommended social and brain sciences blogs http://short.to/xrxk

Situationalist: “The Psychological Power of the Status Quo” http://is.gd/4ZOXG (people view their beliefs as the product of deliberation)

NPR All Tech Considered: NSA Gives Microsoft Help On Windows 7 Security http://bit.ly/5Xg2Bu (enhance Microsoft’s operating system)

Mediation Matters: The Dangers of Being a Mediator http://short.to/xpz4

Neuromarketing: The Outsider Effect http://short.to/x83c (better decisions from teams that include a socially distinct newcomer – mediator?)

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Blog: Underestimating Your Opponents http://short.to/xpzi (last minute negotiations risk overestimation)

RT @missdestructo: “There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.”

Patently-O: Nil: The Value of Patents in a Major Crisis Such as an Influenza Pandemic http://bit.ly/5npdMN

Psychology Today: How To Remember Things http://bit.ly/4y44hi (mind’s capacity to store and recall information is truly wondrous)

Mediation Channel: The why’s have it: teaching curiosity for effective negotiation and mediation http://short.to/x1q0

The IP ADR Blog: Insurance Coverage for Trademark Infringement Actions http://is.gd/4WcC1

Psychology Today: Deep Rationality: Evolutionary psychology meets behavioral economics. http://is.gd/4UejX

Business Conflict Blog: Arbitrating Employment Disputes: Misusing a Valuable Tool? Part II http://is.gd/4WbkP

TortsProf Blog: Guest Blogger John C.P. Goldberg: What’s Wrong with Torts?, Part II http://short.to/wpa9

Loree: A Potpourri of Reinsurance Issues Courtesy of Gulf Ins. Co. v Transatlantic Reins. Co. (Part I) http://is.gd/4ZL4e

PsyBlog: The Psychological Immune System http://short.to/wmzj (get over bad moods much sooner thanks to psychological immune system)

American Progress: (tip to Pynchon) It’s Time We Talked: Mandatory mediation in the foreclosure process http://short.to/yan7

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Article Discusses 2009 Estate Planning Legislation in Texas http://short.to/x7l4

Disputing: Am Rev of International Arbitration: Evidence and Discovery in Arbitration: The Problem of ‘Third Parties’ http://short.to/x7kl

Psychology Today: What the lips say about how we feel and think: What our lips reveal about us – even when lying! http://short.to/wmzn

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Tips and Lessons Learned From Mediating Estate Disputes http://bit.ly/3QuiWr

ABA Journal: Secret ACC Ratings Appear on Blog; Group Says Release Is ‘Premature’ http://bit.ly/4Ius30 via @AddToAny

IP ADR Blog: Tradename Settlement Spawns Legal Malpractice Action and Questionable Mediation Confidentiality Decision http://is.gd/4Wcwl

The Mouse Trap: The five domains of human social experience: the SCARF model http://is.gd/4X4kA

Disputing: State Bar of Texas Advanced Mediation Workshop http://short.to/wp51

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Court grants mandamus: trial court imposed greater burden for relocation than law allows http://is.gd/4X3PK

The Divorce Collaborative: Part 2 – How Much Will My Divorce Mediation Cost? by Steve McDonough http://cli.gs/HYmXL

Mind Hacks: Dog eat dog http://is.gd/4X4e3 (Malcolm Gladwell recently published a collection of his essays in his new book What the Dog Saw)

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Embedded Aggregation in Civil Litigation http://short.to/x7mu

Marc Goldstein: New York Convention Is Not “Reverse Pre-Empted” By State Insurance Regulation Designating Judicial Forum http://bit.ly/siL1e

Mind Hacks: EEG leads to murder conviction http://cli.gs/adaBd

Mediation Matters: Personality Matters — What’s Yours? http://cli.gs/MveHd

BPS Research Digest: Patients with empathic, attentive doctors recover more quickly from the common cold http://cli.gs/HrW9a

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Gilles on Consumer Class Actions http://short.to/wml7

Psychology Today: Born to Perform: The ability to keep cool depends on how your brain is wired http://is.gd/4QOos

idealawg: Harvard’s very popular course on justice now available to you online http://cli.gs/z16y5

RT @ewusiak: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 (H.R. 1020 / S 931) May Get a Boost from Jones v. Halliburton http://bit.ly/gl5at

Wealth Mediation Blog: What’s Missing from the Balance Sheet: Intangible Assets and Liabilities in Business Families http://short.to/wmk5

The Frontal Cortex: Luxury Goods http://short.to/xpdg (artificial scarcity used to alter balance between rarity (high) and abundance (low))

TaxProf Blog: How to Fix Charitable Giving http://cli.gs/eHYZX

Managerial Econ: Why are New Car Prices so Low on Black Friday? http://bit.ly/8jfPb9

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: A Mediator’s Prayer http://bit.ly/FhSWK

The Frontal Cortex: Smell and Memory http://short.to/wbt8

SECLaw.com: FBI Says Hackers Targeting Law Firms http://is.gd/4ZQ16 (e-mail scheme aimed at sensitive data on overseas operations)

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Jurisdiction and Venue for Will and Trust Disputes in Texas http://short.to/xq71 (court statute interplay

UChicago: Judge Richard Posner’s 2009 Grad Rmks on future law practice (billable hour) to its newest (skip to time 20:45) http://is.gd/4RP1G

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Issacharoff & Klonoff on the Mass Tort Settlements http://cli.gs/1eHvX

Psychology Today: Fair Play: Fairness can be more rewarding than money http://bit.ly/2XSGCM (fairness is a primary reward or threat)

RT @scupchurch: are vanishing jury trials a slippery slope? what role does mediation play and is it a good one? http://bit.ly/6iZb5b

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Parent Coordinator v. Parent Facilitator — What’s the diff? http://cli.gs/RU6SP

idealawg: Blog Glob: “UPS’s Legal Department Brainstorms a Package Deal to Save a Parcel of $$$” http://short.to/wghq

ABA Journal: Levi’s Is Paying Orrick a Flat Fee to Handle All But Its IP Work http://is.gd/52uCE

ABA Journal: 64% of Law Departments Have or Will Implement Rate Freezes, Survey Says http://is.gd/52uvv

ADR Prof Blog: ABA Discussion of Impact of Pyett on Union-Management Relations http://bit.ly/i34yn

Patently-O: Business Method Patents: Technological Change, Not Judicial Activism http://is.gd/4Renl

Mediation Channel: Ethics and best practices for mediation provider organizations: 7 years after Georgetown http://is.gd/4Tuj8

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: Maginot Lines in the Sand http://bit.ly/1oCbNA

BrainBlog: Sleep, Dreams, and Cognitive Function: A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain http://bit.ly/4pmOY1

The Frontal Cortex: Temptation http://short.to/wa4v (human brain is the ultimate category buster, blurring the lines of good and bad)

Mediation Matters: First Impressions Count — So Make a Good One http://bit.ly/3iGcDq

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Conflict of Interest Challenges in Governing Nonprofits Organizations http://bit.ly/GZ02g

Disputing: Deadline Set for Application for Medical Liability Reform Grants http://is.gd/4TtZz

Disputing: Nebraska Supreme Court Refuses to Compel Arbitration in Nursing Home Case http://is.gd/4QN5H

Texas Lawyer Blog: TXSCOT dismisses as improvidently granted petitions for review in bonfire case http://short.to/xrys

The Complex Litigator: Plaintiff class wins trial against Avacor hair regrowth formula alter ego defendants http://is.gd/4ZYK9

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Affirms EDTex Ruling that Iovate’s Muscle Building Patents are Invalid http://short.to/xpfm

Disputing: H.R. 3962: U.S. House Health Care Bill Addresses ‘Balance Billing’ http://bit.ly/911lfX

idealawg: Blog Glob: “Hawaii civil jury trials becoming a vanishing breed” http://cli.gs/p9L41

Business Conflict Blog: Arbitrating Employment Disputes: Misusing a Valuable Tool? Part I http://is.gd/4RdWK

ABA Journal: Law Firm Price Wars Break Out as Some Try ‘Loss Leader’ Bids for Work http://short.to/xovt

Northwestern Law: Interim Report on Creditor Claims in Arbitration and in Court http://ow.ly/DMIK (creditor win rates are higher in court)

Mediation Matters: Mediating Employment Disputes http://cli.gs/g7MMU

IP Asset Maximizer Blog: Seeking to Sell Your Patent to a Big Company? Think About These Negotation Tips http://short.to/wa54

ADR Prof Blog: Investor Protection Act and Securities Arbitration http://cli.gs/umgTN

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court: Insurance Coverage Dispute Involving a $1.5 Million Arbitration Award http://is.gd/4QedA

Vogel: Antitrust Update – Challenges for Intel, Oracle, and Microsoft http://cli.gs/rqV67

Disputing: Florida Arbitration Law: Wife Verbally OK’s Husband to Sign Papers Is Agency to Sign Arbitration Clause http://bit.ly/2Ou6dC

Kluwer: The Renewed Debate on the Limits of Discovery Under Section 1782 http://bit.ly/2bVf9A

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: The Trouble with All-or-Nothing Settlements http://short.to/wa4c

Goldstein: Incorporation by Reference of an Arbitration Agreement: Governing U.S. Legal Standards http://short.to/vm29

Patently-O: Stays Pending Reexamination http://short.to/vpts (relatively few stays granted in East Texas pending ex parte reexamination)

BPS Research Digest: Performing horizontal eye movement exercises can boost your creativity http://cli.gs/s5huB

Loree: Global Arbitration Review Publishes Article on Hansen v. Everlast and Quotes Philip J. Loree Jr. http://cli.gs/PGz22

Mediation Matters: Conflict Resolution Strategies For Everyday Use http://is.gd/4QdWK

Patently-O: Supreme Court Clustering of Patent Cases http://bit.ly/12qjTz

Disputing: Page Perry: Arbitration or Class Action – Which is Better for Investors? http://is.gd/4Jg2p

BrainBlog: Extremes of Memory http://is.gd/4Jipp

TortsProf Blog: Top 10 Recent SSRN Torts & Products Liability Downloads http://cli.gs/AgLD3

Vogel: Mediating eDiscovery Disputes – Allison Skinner’s Brilliant Idea http://short.to/vsv5

Mediate.com Publishes 300th Issue of Mediate.com Weekly http://short.to/x49w (over 15 years, more than 1,000 authors have contributed)

The IP ADR Blog: The Benefits of Interest-Based Negotiation in IP Disputes http://short.to/vm5j

Mediation Channel: Justice for all: battling bias in the courts http://bit.ly/1jKT1J

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: Signals http://is.gd/4JfYC

Managerial Econ: Moral Hazard and Yuppie 911 http://cli.gs/hzPBB

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Quieting Your Heirs With a No-Contest Clause http://short.to/vm2h

Smooth Transitions: Is your covenant not to compete for personal services? http://bit.ly/qCNIR

LegalMetric: Number of securities cases rises 34% in SDNY in first nine months http://bit.ly/4l9ksL

Empirical Legal Studies: New NSF-funded Supreme Court Database Website is now up and running http://short.to/vs5t

Kluwer Arb Blog: Judge Nikken on the friction between a state’s obligation to disclose and foreign investor protections http://bit.ly/17ACcf

The Greater Good Blog: Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught? http://bit.ly/34UGd0

Cognitive Daily: Are older kids and adolescents really as good as adults at recognizing emotions in faces? http://is.gd/4HKJm

The Mouse Trap: Bozo Sapiens: a book review http://is.gd/4u7LK

Empirical Legal Studies: Electing Judges http://cli.gs/JrnEs

Settle It Now: Prejean, Larry King and Hard Facts Making Bad Mediation Confidentiality Law http://bit.ly/HBXu6

Enjoy Mediation: Guest Blogger: Jessica Carter, Mediator Extraordinaire http://is.gd/42G8I (Gladwell’s Outliers:10,000 hours of practice)

Brains On Purpose™: Scent of fairness in the air? Mediation hot or cold? The importance of subtle environmental cues http://bit.ly/28forl

Mashable: LinkedIn and Twitter’s Major Syncage http://bit.ly/3X8CK5 (200 users linked their Twitter and LinkedIn accounts every minute)

Empirical Legal Studies: New Data on BigLaw Contraction: Patterns of Winners & Losers http://cli.gs/3u988 (detailed on a map)

ADR Prof Blog: Update: Investor Protection Act and Securities Arbitration http://is.gd/4UdGc

Mediate.com: You Know You’re Taking It Personally When…. http://bit.ly/2do5gm

Mediation Strategies: CUSTOMIZING THE MEDIATION PROCESS http://bit.ly/2fXgOx

CNN Larry King: Former Miss California USA Terminates Interview to Protect Mediation Confidentiality http://short.to/wnq8

Mediation Matters: Interview With Steve About Negotiations http://cli.gs/as8tv

Disputing: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 – H.R. 1020 Gaining Momentum? http://cli.gs/yq979 (Bayer ponders effect of Franken amendment)

Psyblog: The Truth About Self-Deception http://cli.gs/Ws7S4 (Not only will people lie to themselves, they will look for confirming evidence)

Dispute Resolution Mag: Recent Developments in International Commercial Arbitration http://short.to/wmmv (by @IntlDispNegPod Russ Bleemer)

The IP ADR Blog: Are We Having a Conversation or a Meeting with the Choir: Cass Sunstein and Cyperpolarization http://short.to/vkul

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Vioxx Verdicts http://bit.ly/3qerfX

Kerr: The Integrative Market Hypothesis for Stock Market Fluctuations http://bit.ly/3YJgjE (stock fluctuations and quantum physics)

The Mouse Trap: Splitting the self: “me” and “I” http://bit.ly/g1QdH

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Compels Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims http://short.to/wjcx

Disputing: GUEST POST: Mediating eDiscovery Disputes – Allison Skinner’s Brilliant Idea http://short.to/vm1r

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Is the Prudent Investor Really Prudent? http://is.gd/4Jgjb

Disputing: IRS Expands Appeals Mediation Procedure http://short.to/tx9u

ABA: Knockout strategies for trial litigators http://short.to/v5bl

ABA Journal: Bloomberg Is Launching a New Legal Search Engine http://is.gd/4tV5z

RT @WSJLawBlog: Reed Smith Slashes Associate Salaries, Billing Rates http://bit.ly/A3Ldf

RT @IntlDispNegPod: Carrie Prejean….on mediation? Check out her response to M. Viera at 3’23: http://bit.ly/4xvhAS

Your Brain at Work: A Hunger for Certainty http://is.gd/4CnW1 (Think of the brain as a prediction machine.)

Disputing: The Future of Software Patents: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Bilski v. Kappos http://cli.gs/XV5uE

Vogel: Guest Post: E-Discovery and The Enron E-Mail Dataset Research http://short.to/uown

Disputing: Effects of Tort Reform on U.S. Health Care Spending http://bit.ly/1BkC4J

The Frontal Cortex: The Personality Paradox http://short.to/uxch

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: Some Relief for Homeowners with Chinese Drywall http://is.gd/4zekY

Mediation Matters: Presenting Conflicting Information…Or Maybe Not http://short.to/uzil (reactive devaluation)

Computational Legal Studies: United States Court of Appeals & Parallel Tag Clouds from IBM Research http://is.gd/4AHsN

Patently-O: Abandoning software patents? http://short.to/wawk

NPR All Tech Considered: Mental Break: Text-Messaging Symphony http://short.to/uxcq

Texas Collaborative Law Blog: How to Prepare for a Collaborative Law Case http://bit.ly/2kvPfP

Workplace Prof Blog: Estreicher on the Future of American Trade Unionism http://short.to/utzw

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: So you want sole custody?? Conclusion http://is.gd/4ze9t

Kluwer: The Relationship Between Enforcing Judgments and Denial of Justice Claims? http://is.gd/4CmZ1

RT @vpynchon: brilliant to use game show contestant as party in mediation @donphilbin (thanks vpynchon)

RT @vpynchon: @donphilbin’s presentation both smart and enjoyable; you’d really enjoy having him help you settle a commercial case!

The Jury Expert: Of anthropomorphism, armed citizens, and hate crimes http://short.to/uxcd

idealawg: Blog Glob: When Listening to Music, Your Brain Is ‘Moving’ Even If You Are Not http://bit.ly/3vJtko

The Becker-Posner Blog: The Economics of Organizations–Posner http://short.to/ucep (generate cooperation without use of the price system)

IP Asset Maximizer Blog: The Coming Explosion of the Patent Monetization Market http://bit.ly/21qEsU

NPR All Tech Considered: AT&T WiFi Report Points To Growth Of Mobile Web http://bit.ly/UtckG

PGP Mediation: PHYSICAL PRESENCE http://cli.gs/E4jq3 (speaking at 2009 SCMA Conference tomorrow)

The Divorce Collaborative: Social Security and Divorce http://short.to/uuq2

Mind Hacks: Spike at the end of the tunnel http://is.gd/44LHQ (brain undergoes a surge of activity at the moment of death)

ABA Journal: Broadening Search: New tools, approaches raise the question: Is Google enough? http://bit.ly/2HicNC

Mediate.com: Making Settlements Last http://bit.ly/4diyMq

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Meets Bankruptcy – Final Thoughts http://short.to/uc8q

Business Conflict Blog: International Projects and Initiatives: Part II http://is.gd/4qX0h

The Situationist: Law Students Flock to Situationism http://bit.ly/3k4WzN (people probing for answers to the mysteries of human behavior)

Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Impatience Key to Effective Mediation (great cartoon) http://is.gd/4O9s2

The Strategic Mediator: There is no substitute for being (and having them) there http://short.to/sdvp

The Frontal Cortex: Learning from Mistakes http://is.gd/4AEK9

Loree: NY Court of Appeals Says it’s all in the Submission: Re Joan Hansen & Co v. Everlast World’s Boxing Headquarters http://is.gd/4u3LK

Patently-O: Supreme Court Indicates Interest in International Exhaustion Case http://bit.ly/3np8uQ

Business Conflict Blog: Should Mediators Be Expert in the Field of the Dispute? http://bit.ly/3YoyYF

BPS Research Digest: A warm room makes people feel socially closer http://bit.ly/GmWTQ

Harvard Negotiation Law Review: Addressing Power Differentials in Negotiation: Don’t Let ‘em Push You Around http://is.gd/4zdya

Disputing: Next Steps in Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Projects Announced by the AHRQ http://is.gd/4zcWR

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: What not to tell your kids during a divorce and how not tell them http://bit.ly/3OdvIE

Idealawg: Law schools very interested in brains http://bit.ly/3cnqYc (law review cites to prominent mind sciences research has skyrocketed)

Mediation Matters: 3rd Circuit Allows Court to Consider Informal Settlement Offers in Setting Fees http://short.to/uupn

Mediation Stuff – John Lassey’s ADR Web Log: Preparing for Mediation http://is.gd/4zdsj

Disputing: Fulbright 2009 Litigation Trends Survey Report: Expect Increase in Commercial International Arbitration http://bit.ly/1HBWns

Mediation Strategies: HOW CAN I GET MY MEDIATOR TO BE EVALUATIVE? http://bit.ly/2H5fr4

Patently-O: Declaratory Judgment Standing: Must All Patent Owners be Joined? http://bit.ly/3xMS5B

RT @IntlDispNegPod: Must read by @DonPhilbin: Decisional Errors–On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations http://www.hnlr.org/?p=471

PGP Mediation: DOES THE MEDIATOR REALLY MATTER? http://is.gd/4z6Gj

The Geography of Jobs http://is.gd/4ubpR (these pictorial graphing devices are so powerful — even when we do not like the data depicted)

Mashable: Tech Addictions: Email and Texting Top Social Media in Gen Y [Study] http://short.to/uam2

SCOTUS Blog: A new look at the “Erie doctrine”: Shady Grove Orthopedic v. Allstate Insurance, Argument Preview http://cli.gs/SzasU

Vogel: Outsourcing Update: Xerox Buys Outsourcer ACS http://bit.ly/17xaGt

Mashable: UCLA STUDY: Search the Internet, Activate Your Brain http://is.gd/4ubLY

Mind Hacks: Science of slumber http://short.to/uccg

The Frontal Cortex: Robert Parker http://is.gd/4u6RN (favorite wine turned out to be the lowest rated in his 2007 tasting)

Cross Collaborate: Implementing Agreements: The Ordeal of Change http://short.to/uc9n

Resolving Conflict in Teams: Conflict Can Be Good http://short.to/ucrx

RT @PhilLoreeJr: Whether autism has touched your family or your life, check this out — it is truly amazing: http://tinyurl.com/yhlrq7y

Sharp Brains: Grand Rounds: Brain and Cognition Edition http://is.gd/4u7fT

ABA Journal: Wal-Mart to Require Outside Law Firms to Have Flextime Policies

idealawg: Blog Glob: Run for Your Life: New Studies Show Benefits of Exercise on the Brain and Body http://is.gd/4u5le

ABA Journal: GAO Puts Blame on US News Rankings for High Law School Tuition http://short.to/vi1d

idealawg: Stress reduction may not be of interest to lawyers http://bit.ly/1nUyJw

idealawg: Blog Glob: Are You Ready to Manage Five Generations of Workers? http://is.gd/4u5C7

Neuroethics & Law Blog: The Experiential Future of the Law http://short.to/uccs

Patently-O: Misuse of Patent Pool: En Banc Fed Cir To Decide Whether CD-R/RW Patentees Improperly Sequestered Alt Tech http://short.to/ucdl

RT @IntlDispNegPod:Good post discussing how brain science improves negotiation, by @DonPhilbin, on @PhilLoreeJr ‘s blog http://bit.ly/15E7Ix

BPS Research Digest: The speed of free will http://bit.ly/4llF2i

The Situationalist: “Stare Decisis is Cognitive Error” http://bit.ly/2srBB5

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Court Decision Concerning QDRO Questioned http://bit.ly/3JiNH4

ADR Law Blog: 7 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Negotiating http://bit.ly/28LKAU

Psychology Today: The Scientific Fundamentalist: A Look at the Hard Truths About Human Nature http://is.gd/4u7Xi

Loree: Don Philbin Guest Post: Brain Science Improves Negotiation http://cli.gs/as7yn

Mass Tort Litigation Blog: Which of these things is most like the others? The Reference Class Problem http://bit.ly/1XgWl9

SCOTUS Blog: Perdue v. Kenny A.: Is the “Lodestar” Approach Adequate for Calculating Attorney’s Fees? (Argument Recap) http://short.to/txkb

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: Can Your Mediator Be Your Enemy? http://short.to/t36h (declaration filed by the mediator)

The IP ADR Blog: Arbitration’s “Down” Side: Two Years of Proceedings; $20 Million in Punitives; and, No Appeal http://short.to/v845

The Frontal Cortex: Football http://is.gd/4nz3D (calculated likelihood of going for it on fourth down under various circumstances)

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: But He Used To Make More — Is He Intentionally Underemployed for Child Support Calculation? http://bit.ly/3tYYiL

Dispute Settlement Counsel: Beyond evaluative and facilitative… is Transformative Mediation http://bit.ly/ghlhM

Cognitive Daily: In which I resist writing the obvious headline http://is.gd/4nyWm

Mediation Channel: Fallacious Argument of the Month: the confusion of cause and effect http://is.gd/4mXCV

BPS Research Digest: The latest verdict on using brain imaging for lie detection http://is.gd/4nyK5

Catastrophic Insurance Coverage Blog: Breaking News: Katrina Losses Covered If Caused By Wind Damage http://bit.ly/2oUI41

ABA Litigation News: Approaches to E-Discovery Rules Vary from State to State http://short.to/t6fn

Disputing: Pending U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation: Update http://bit.ly/iQNGR

Mediation Matters: Can You ever Commit Malpractice In Mediation? http://is.gd/4mWY0

Computational Legal Studies: Remix of VisualComplexity.com [From Bestiario.org] http://is.gd/40e6V

The Frontal Cortex: Reading, E-Books and the Brain http://is.gd/4nyhl

HBR: Outsourcing Is High Tech’s Subprime-Mortgage Fiasco http://short.to/t5ya

idealawg: An excellent essay: “The Power of Mindfulness” http://bit.ly/j9Z6U

ADR Prof Blog: Jon and Kate plus arbitration? http://bit.ly/3uhxNh

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Dividing the Property of Spouses Who Lived in Common Law and Community Property States http://is.gd/4nxEw

TortsProf Blog: Personal Injury Roundup No. 54 (10/16/09) http://bit.ly/1pkbHc

Kluwer: Recognition and enforcement of annulled arbitral awards – the Yukos Capital decision http://short.to/txas

PGP Mediation: M3: THE FUTURE OF MEDIATION http://bit.ly/cnayA

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Part 3 – Enforcing Arbitration Agreements http://short.to/txaq

Mediate.com: The Art and Science of Summarization in Mediation http://short.to/su0h

ABA Litigation News: RICO Class Action Controversy Continues http://short.to/t5ov

Mediation Matters: Time To Make Peace: Factors in When Peace Makes Sense http://is.gd/4mUix

Loree: Burlage Controversy: Ct Usurp Arbitral Power or Arbitrator Prejudice Defendant by Excluding Material Evidence? http://short.to/twk1

Mediation Stuff: Jury Prognostication http://bit.ly/3wWEIF

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Federal Taxation of Intellectual Property Transfers http://bit.ly/SD4qG

Bleacher Report: Good Call, Bad Call: What Happens When Baseball Umpires Are Wrong? http://short.to/udb3 (another case of decision errors)

Loree: United States Supreme Court Update: Union Pacific and Granite Rock Labor Arbitration Cases http://bit.ly/9Bu1q

Disputing: Arbitration of Securities Disputes at FINRA http://bit.ly/HpxmA

BPS Research Digest: Mike Posner: Learning difficulties http://is.gd/3Ycxw (New skills often reshape old networks)

Mediation Strategies: EVALUATIVE OR EFFECTIVE? http://short.to/tcnh (sophisticated mediation users want analytical assistance)

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 2 – Designing Dispute Systems http://is.gd/4mVWv

PGP Mediation: “SENTIMENT ANALYSIS” http://short.to/t8xo (computer program to help us accurately understand each other)

ADR Prof Blog: Hall Street, Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards, and Federal Preemption http://is.gd/4bPCm

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Meets Bankruptcy, Pt. 1 http://is.gd/4bPQ8

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Confirms Credit Card Dispute Award by the National Arbitration Forum http://is.gd/4t3JK

ABA Litigation News: Third Circuit Finds Rejected Settlement Offers a Factor in Fee Awards http://short.to/t6fm

ADR Prof Blog: Proposed Legislation Designed to Avoid Arbitration of Tort Claims http://is.gd/46wMl

TaxProf Blog: Tax Arbitrage Feedback Theory http://short.to/ssk8 (effects of differential tax rates contribute to boom/bust econ activity)

Disputing: NASAA’s Statement on FINRA’s Arbitration Pilot Program Expansion http://short.to/sxjh

ABA Litigation News: Second Circuit Rules Hacking May Violate Rule 10b-5 http://is.gd/46zMk

idealawg: Microsoft asks outside counsel to look at methods other than billable hour http://short.to/t5o1

Mediation Matters: Apology Influences Jury Verdicts, New Study Finds http://is.gd/44JYs

WSJ: Turmoil in Arbitration Empire Upends Credit-Card Disputes http://bit.ly/3F3ztM

ABA Journal: More than Half of the Largest Companies Expect More Litigation Next Year http://is.gd/4qyhW

ABA Journal: Why Law Firm Interviewers Are Asking ‘Tell Me About a Time’ Questions http://short.to/t5os

BPS Research Digest: Alison Gopnik: Parenthood http://is.gd/3YbJ3 (yet I still find my relation to my children deeply puzzling)

Business Conflict Blog: An International Look at Dispute Clause Drafting http://is.gd/44NDj

BPS Research Digest: Robert Plomin: Nature, Nurture http://is.gd/3YcQw (why children growing up in the same family are so different)

Calculated Risk: Sorkin Book Excerpt: “Too Big to Fail” http://is.gd/40dI6

ADR Prof Blog: FINRA Expands Its Public Arbitrator Pilot Program http://is.gd/4bPeO

Computational Legal Studies: Personas from MIT Media Lab http://bit.ly/DYO06

F&J: Fulbright’s 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report http://bit.ly/cWaYh

Mediation Strategies: SETTLE YOUR REAL ESTATE DISPUTE EARLY — AND SAVE BIG MONEY! http://bit.ly/siGqc

BPS Research Digest: David Buss: Overcoming irrationality http://is.gd/3YbdY (still don’t understand why I succumb to psychological biases)

The Frontal Cortex: Listening to Your Pulse http://is.gd/40cfb (being able to count your own heartbeats correlates w/ better decision-making

Real Divorce Mediation: Divorce and the House http://bit.ly/Pukue (couples opting to keep joint ownership, hoping the market will turn)

Workplace Prof Blog: Retaliation Claims http://short.to/ssk7

Texas Supreme Court Blog: SCOTUS petition challenging Texas’s parental-termination system http://is.gd/40ffk

Neuromarketing: Book Review: How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer http://short.to/t37h

Disputing: The Uniform Mediation Act and Confidentiality http://bit.ly/CjPRP

BPS Research Digest: Robert Cialdini: Taking on too much http://bit.ly/4klDrh (gauge point at which the next opportunity should be rejected)

CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG: Insurers Too Often Want to Weasel Out of the D&O insurance They Sold http://bit.ly/TU6LS

Galima Group: Definition of a successful negotiator http://short.to/ssid

Resolving Conflict in Teams: Acknowledge Emotions Before Solving Problems http://bit.ly/hUiGg

Mediation Matters: Juries Get It Wrong Many Times Says New Study http://is.gd/40aXx

PGP Mediation: E-MEDIATON: WILL I BE REPLACED BY SOFTWARE? http://is.gd/3Wx94

Mediation Strategies: EFFECTIVE PREPARATION http://is.gd/3WwrW

Mediation Matters: Buyers Remorse in Settlement and Mediations: Seven Ways to Avoid It http://is.gd/3Ww2M

idealawg: Self-control is not unlimited but Robin Williams can help when you need more http://is.gd/3WvEx

WSJ: In NBC Deal, Learn From Game Theory http://bit.ly/J9rAz

Business Conflict Blog: World Mediation Forum Meets in Florence http://is.gd/3WwO0

Loree: Update on Federal Arbitration Act Cases Pending in the United States Supreme Court http://is.gd/3Wvg1

Mediation Matters: Sorry Shouldn’t Be The Hardest Thing to Say: It is Financially Better to Do So http://is.gd/3WvrZ

idealawg: 5 reasons why your brain may like procrastination http://is.gd/3Wvyn

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Hears ‘Manifest Disregard of the Law’ Case: Standards of Review After Hall Street http://is.gd/46vNg

BPS Research Digest: One nagging thing you still don’t understand about yourself http://short.to/somn

Psychology Today: Anger and Catharsis: Myth, Metaphor or Reality? http://bit.ly/cHFvZ (sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all)

Disputing: Grants for Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Projects http://short.to/t9l7ADR Prof Blog: Franken Changes to Job Arbitration Bill Pass Senate http://short.to/t8wg

ADR Prof Blog: Brown v. Board of Education as a Disputing Process Lesson http://short.to/sl65

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Complaint Thrown Out For Poor Stapling http://is.gd/3Wkf0

idealawg: Blog Glob: Patients Do Better With Psychotherapist Who Practice Zen Meditation, Study Suggests http://is.gd/3WlPq

BPS Research Digest: Resting-state brain networks are stable http://bit.ly/lWwn9

The Frontal Cortex: Fasting http://short.to/slm6 (my brain needs glucose like my laptop needs alternating current)

TortsProf Blog: Guest Blogger Vandall: Justice Rewritten http://is.gd/3Ya5L (economics should be taught as a required law school course)

RT @WSJLawBlog: NBC Hit With Font Infringement Suit (Of All Things) http://bit.ly/3r6PXv

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: So you want sole custody?? Part Two http://bit.ly/4nyyOY

Mediation Channel: From the archives: Mediation Channel classics for October http://is.gd/3WmQp

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: A cautionary tale of settlement negotiations: Azpetrol v. Azerbaijan http://short.to/slqu

Psychology Today: Want to Ward Off Alzheimer’s? Get Your ZZZZZZZZs. http://bit.ly/24rDz (sleep time could slow the progression of AD)

Mediation Strategies: SETTLING PERSONAL INJURY CASES http://short.to/slp7

The Strategic Mediator: Early Mediation Is Particularly Well Suited For Self-Insured Companies and Claimants http://bit.ly/9ZBK2

Mediation Matters: Negotiating For Hot Dogs and Other Life’s Lessons http://short.to/slp2

ADR Prof Blog: Finally, a TV show about a mediator… http://short.to/sl4v

idealawg: The Top 20 [legal] Tweeters to Follow on Twitter http://bit.ly/ETmR0

Disputing: Arbitrating Patent Disputes http://is.gd/3Wn8B

Mediation Matters: Stress Affects Logical Decision Making: Study Finds http://short.to/slqf

The Frontal Cortex: Nature and Compassion http://bit.ly/TgrVz (“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”)

Wealth Mediation Blog: Lawyers’ Feelings Transference and Countertransferrence – Part II http://bit.ly/vwMYt

ADR Prof Blog: Resolving the circuit split over manifest disregard http://is.gd/3WlF0

SSRN Working Paper: Reconstructing Pleading: Twombly, Iqbal, and the Limited Role of the Plausibility Inquiry http://short.to/sl25

Loree: SCOTUS Denies Certiorari in All Three FAA Manifest Disregard Cases Considered at Last Week’s Conference http://bit.ly/4vCtDN

Vogel: Google Update!- Estimated Value – $32B, But Also Taking Over News and Display Ad Leadership! http://is.gd/3Wi9s

Psychology Today: Embodied Education http://is.gd/3Wd0k (our body sense awareness helps us regulate what we need)

IP ADR Blog: Negotiating Resolution with Hi-Lo Agreements http://bit.ly/dSxWj

Patently-O: Claim Construction: A Structured Framework http://bit.ly/g6a6o

Disputing: Arbitrating Patent Disputes http://is.gd/3R5uP

Brains on Purpose: iPods in mediation? More on the power of music http://is.gd/3Wcct

PSY Blog: Why You Can’t Help Believing Everything You Read http://bit.ly/Vsl4h

Brains on Purpose: Some brain-friendly ADR resources http://bit.ly/uczuq

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: So you want sole custody?? Part One http://bit.ly/BNLRB

HNLR: Creating a Faith-Based Conflict Management System http://bit.ly/cWxqe

Psychology Today: Cultivating Peace of Mind http://is.gd/3WbDt

Wealth Mediation Blog: Stress: Some Bad News and Some Good News http://bit.ly/3X7K6c

NPR: Google’s Sidewiki Adds One More Back-Channel To The Web http://bit.ly/GN3li

Mediation Channel: Mediator certification: quality assurance or caveat emptor? http://bit.ly/3wRlW6

Wealth Mediation Blog: Your “Number” Part Two http://bit.ly/qIesi

Torts Prof Blog: Hersch & Viscusi on “Saving Lives through Punitive Damages” http://bit.ly/aLWsi

Psychology Today: What Emotional Intelligence Is and Is Not http://bit.ly/16dtCT

Mind Hacks: Seeing the mind amidst the numbers http://bit.ly/uVsoi ($1M Netflix challenge to predict films based on past preferences)

BPS Research Digest: Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut http://bit.ly/qJVeT

ABA Journal: Citigroup GC Has No Sympathy for Law Firms Seeking Premium Fees http://bit.ly/hh40N

Loree: Update on Federal Arbitration Act Cases Pending in the United States Supreme Court http://short.to/sc9u

The Frontal Cortex: Monetizing Networks http://bit.ly/16bHxW

Disputing: Texas Bar Journal Article: “Mediation Myths and Lies” http://bit.ly/3Wc1Kx

RT @IntlDispNegPod: New Alternatives: Why the Supreme Court Does What it Does in Arbitration Cases http://short.to/sd0i

Kluwer: Chevron goes all-in against Ecuador; New claim reflects latest BIT usage http://bit.ly/18sah

The Mouse Trap: Living on the edge of chaos; implications for autism and psychosis http://bit.ly/oW7Un

Wealth Mediation Blog: Early Mediation Is Particularly Well Suited For Self-Insured Companies and Claimants http://bit.ly/tFziP

Schau’s Mediation Insights: Lessons from the International Academy of Mediators http://bit.ly/hV2Av

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Standards to modify custody. http://bit.ly/fdRU0

Smooth Transitions: The Texas Supreme Court on Electronic Discovery http://bit.ly/NF3yA

RT @USGovNews: [FTC] Live Webcast: FTC Roundtable on Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Arbitration and Litig: .. http://bit.ly/6fqSj

Disputing: Michigan Journal of International Law Article on Class Action Arbitration http://bit.ly/kQ391

HNLR: Settlement And Justice For All http://bit.ly/4BAvDS

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Meets Bankruptcy: Cross-Purposes or Cross-Pollination? http://bit.ly/JLS1m

Business Conflict Blog: MBS and ADR http://bit.ly/1259Jl Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) – sold to investors around the world)

Vogel: e-Discovery Complicates Public Records Requests http://short.to/qfnz

Loree: Jackson v. Rent-a-Center: Who Decides Unconscionablity – Parties Clearly Say Arbitrators Decide Arbitrability? http://bit.ly/xDK66

ADR Prof Blog: Contractual Agreements to Mediate http://bit.ly/yacmu (CA court upholds dismissal for failure to pursue mediation)

Mediation Matters: People’s Biases Towards Other’s Pain Revealed in New Study http://bit.ly/1taGgk

Southern California Mediation Association presents M3: The Next Generation of Mediation at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute http://bit.ly/WxL9a

ABA Journal: Worst of Recession is Over for Law Firms, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey http://bit.ly/1tdGiS

Business Conflict Blog: Mediator as Witness: Just When You Thought It Was Safe…. http://bit.ly/UEq92

Mediation Channel: Grain of salt: how much does mediator behavior influence the outcome of mediation? http://bit.ly/3beahR

Psychology Today: Brain Drugs http://bit.ly/4V7yY (controversy over “cognitive-enhancement” drugs is heating up)

Wealth Mediation Blog: Managing Oneself http://bit.ly/G0s6j

BPS Research Digest: Neuropsychology shines torch through corridors of the mind http://bit.ly/hrqYV (way brain represents knowledge / facts)

Check out this SlideShare Presentation on LinkedIn : Casseb.Mediation.2.25.09 http://tinyurl.com/y93l4z8

Brains on Purpose: Not guilty! I’m only a neuro-person and my brain made me do it http://bit.ly/vpLoF

HNLR: Organizational Systems for Dealing with Conflict & Learning from Conflict http://bit.ly/1aiFW9

Psychology Today: What do you mean you don’t remember? http://bit.ly/144JbS (the importance of an event affects memory)

Psychology Today: Lose weight while you sleep (for real)! http://bit.ly/17c9Rx (new study shows weight loss increased threefold during sleep

AmLaw.com: Behind the Scenes of Chrysler’s Bankruptcy http://bit.ly/yAsyI

Dispute Settlement Counsel: Collaborative Mediation: The Gold Standard Hybrid http://bit.ly/2HVk30

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: My Divorce Is None of Your Business http://bit.ly/3oh47R

Enjoy Mediation: Foreclosure Mediation Round-up http://bit.ly/4kzQlB

Workplace Prof Blog: Feuer on Drainville QDRO Case http://bit.ly/1579DM

Cross Collaborate: John Forester: Dealing with Differences http://bit.ly/i7CZZ

Neuromarketing: Scarcity In Action http://bit.ly/34GJx

Empirical Legal Studies: Another Take on Judicial Decisionmaking http://bit.ly/Kbmx4

Vogel: Facebook Makes More News – Finally Cash Flow Positive and 300 million Users!!! http://bit.ly/cpufZ

Disputing: Class and Consolidated Arbitration: What Issues Will SCOTUS Confront in Stolt-Nielsen? http://www.karlbayer.com/blog/?p=4830

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Debates Stays Pending Reexamination; Injunctions when Claims are of “Suspect Validity” http://bit.ly/olTn

Psychology Today: The Secret to an Effective Apology: It Must Be Costly! http://bit.ly/14Ti6y

The Ombuds Blog: Altman Weil Endorses Ombuds Programs for Large Law Firms http://bit.ly/c4OPt

BPS Research Digest: Football players who rush penalty kicks are less likely to score http://bit.ly/5b5Er

SCOTUS Blog: Tracking new cases: New test of Chrysler deal http://bit.ly/2u6JCQ

Disputing: Mediation Confidentiality http://bit.ly/3Ae46R (must be assured the discussions cannot not be disclosed so they can talk openly)

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Custody Battles Affecting Military Parents http://bit.ly/OPpHu (TX Legislature’s new law affecting military parents

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof: Russian Oligarch Dies; Leaves Secret Family, Contested Will, and Unhappy Business Partner http://bit.ly/47llV1

PGP Mediation: MEDIATING WITH UNCLE SAM http://bit.ly/2Mb9je (Senger also wrote Decision Analysis in Negotiation http://bit.ly/2czAR2)

Patently-O: Mystery Graph of the Day http://bit.ly/WEYiX (in theory multiple judges tend to make marginal cases more predictable)

The Frontal Cortex: Efficiency http://bit.ly/pKgRa (when machine is at full speed it’s a fire hazard; Kasparov barely breaks a sweat)

SEC Law.com: NASAA Pushes to Abolish Mandatory Arbitration http://bit.ly/T5c1p

TortsProf Blog: Eisenberg on the Chamber of Commerce’s Liability Survey http://bit.ly/PPlGe

PointofLaw: Game theory and med-mal settlements http://bit.ly/2OCnPh

The Frontal Cortex: Persistent Memories http://bit.ly/2nf7y4 (forgotten memory doesn’t disappear – we just can’t remember where we put it)

Patently-O: Lucent v. Microsoft: Damages http://bit.ly/15Q3WI

ADR Prof Blog: Works in Progress Conference at Harvard http://bit.ly/38ABzM

Cognitive Daily: Memory and mood: Negative emotions nullify a problem with recall http://bit.ly/qX23J

Texas Collaborative Law Blog: Stop Re-living Someone Else’s Past! http://bit.ly/3p1WPR

Mind Hacks: Brain scanning unborn babies http://bit.ly/9aczt

Psyblog: Sit Up Straight! Be Confident! http://bit.ly/Weg8T

HNLR: Systems for Dealing with Conflict and Learning from Conflict—Options for Complaint-Handling: an Illustrative Case http://bit.ly/N6MK0

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Please, Sit Down and Plan Your Estate http://bit.ly/l3hZ8

Wealth Mediation Blog: Your “Number”: Part One http://bit.ly/JfC31

NPR All Tech Considered: New York Times Declares End Of Gigahertz Race http://bit.ly/9g1zL

Mind Hacks: Unweaving the tangled web http://bit.ly/HvrwB (social network analysis is powerful method to understand human behaviour)

Dallas Divorce Law: Child Success Linked to Stability http://bit.ly/2g1bhh

TX Sup Ct Blog: A forum-selection clause can be enforced even if it’s on a page never shown to the other side http://bit.ly/11EbvC

idealawg: How much of your memory is true? Not as much as you think http://bit.ly/1Qr1Ki

ADR Prof Blog: Fifth Circuit Decides Arbitration Clause Scope Issue http://bit.ly/rydGL

Meditation in Movement: Meditation and Neuroscience http://bit.ly/asBgD

ABA Journal: Seyfarth Shaw Says Six Sigma Method Has Cut Client Fees by Up to 50% http://bit.ly/1EgoA5

ABA Journal Blog: O’Melveny Aims to Become Fixed-Fee Leader, Leaked Plan Says http://bit.ly/119P6y

IP ADR Blog: Challenges to Mediation and Mediated Settlement Agreements in the Courts – Link to ADR Malpractice Series http://bit.ly/3mAfJj

Disputing: Class Action Suit Filed Against the National Arbitration Forum http://bit.ly/NaB8d

ADR Law Blog: Some Considerations to Think About When Picking a Mediator http://bit.ly/d880B

Wealth Mediation Blog: Reducing Compensation Without Doing More Harm Than Good http://bit.ly/3waFds

Wealth Mediation Blog: Homo Mobilis: How Wireless Communication Connects and Changes Us http://bit.ly/41S25I

ADR Prof Blog: Ninth Circuit Has Interesting Ruling on Unconscionability http://bit.ly/NYaHz

Psychology Today: What’s Pushing Your Buttons? http://bit.ly/28tQm

Mass Tort Lit: “A Dynamic Model of Lawsuit Joinder and Settlement” models strategies on both sides of multidistrict lit http://bit.ly/XdIhB

Wealth Mediation Blog: LITIGATION: The Family “Doomsday Machine” http://bit.ly/38jpet

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: JUDGES, ARBITRATORS, AND THE SECONDARY FUNCTIONS OF ADJUDICATION http://bit.ly/16lLLW

Law.com: Lawyers Address Generational Tensions at Law Firms http://bit.ly/DXpGV

Disputing: U.S. Congressional Hearing | “Mandatory Binding Arbitration – Is it Fair and Voluntary?” http://bit.ly/YQL8D

Psychology Today: Recipe for maintaining inspiration: conversations, random people & big ideas http://bit.ly/eYWjk

The Complex Litigator: Mediation advice from a mediator’s perspective http://bit.ly/XUHhE (Pynchon is good and makes her point well)

idealawg: NY opens first court-based collaborative law center in the US http://bit.ly/aDWsH

Loree: Seventh Circuit: Panel Did Not Exceed Powers by Appointing a Replacement Arbitrator in Manner Not Specified http://bit.ly/4cR2C1

ADR Prof: http://bit.ly/2mWdr (from an ADR perspective, Iqbal a potential vehicle for re-examining pleadings within modern litigation)

The Law and Neuroscience Blog: Is Free Will and Illusion? http://bit.ly/GzhDe

Rainey: Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution http://bit.ly/3IhYP2

Pollack: TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION http://bit.ly/GwVXr (happy ending to another sad story)

Psychology Today: The Toolbox of Self-Deception, Part I http://bit.ly/8iFGN (rationalization, above-average-effect)

ABA Litigation News: Future of Mandatory Arbitration of Consumer Disputes in Doubt http://bit.ly/4yfAu

Disputing: Obama’s Health Care Speech: Tort Reform Implications to Arbitration and Mediation http://bit.ly/1N8fca

The Mouse Trap: Bozo Sapiens: a book review http://bit.ly/pricl http://bit.ly/dN10A (in the Blink line)

Mediation Channel: Fallacious Argument of the Month: misusing the ellipsis http://bit.ly/wGTXK

ADR Prof: Mediating family religious disputes? http://bit.ly/Oyeov

Vogel: Intellipedia Uses Wikipedia Software to Help US Intelligence http://bit.ly/RYjO6

Psychology Today: What If I’d Never Met My Husband? http://bit.ly/R16TN

Patently-O: The Rising Importance of Method Claims http://bit.ly/5Vs78

Pollack: THE $475,000 GUESS http://bit.ly/bdWFr (“risk-taker” or a “risk-avoider”? answer may explain how you approach negotiations)

Pynchon: Burlage: “arbitrators have a great deal of power, but not absolute power” http://bit.ly/T1ERF

The Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid? http://bit.ly/vrQAb

Mind Hacks: Stunning brain scans of 500-year-old mummies http://bit.ly/mRdHK

idealawg: Effects of peer pressure on perception: Brain study looks at social conformity and independence http://bit.ly/m7laa

Patently-O: Appellate Court Stays Injunction Against Microsoft Word http://bit.ly/J22ZQ

Right Triangle Mediation: Put a Rush on It! http://bit.ly/lybgC (no matter how much rush someone is in – timing is everything)

Am Law: Look Who’s Holding The Reins http://bit.ly/Lh3UU (Boies: “The way you deal with other people’s money is sometimes different . . .”)

J. Leg Stud: Bargaining Around Bankruptcy: Small Business Workouts and State Law (rarely used by small businesses) http://bit.ly/21GHiw

Disputing: Legislating ‘Bad Faith’ in Mediation http://bit.ly/r37If

HNLR Online: Power and Trust in Negotiation and Decision-Making: A Critical Evaluation http://bit.ly/4BJHR

Psychology Today: Back from a vacation? Don’t waste a precious clear mind. http://bit.ly/4DJnjg

Concurring Opinions: Bernie Madoff and the Unfortunate Consequences of Celebrity Bias http://bit.ly/35ZNrh

Psychology Today: Educating mind and body III: Get some sleep http://bit.ly/Z85s4

Sharp Brains: Why We Need to Retool “Use It Or Lose It” http://bit.ly/l5d8Z

Psychology Today: Eyes on the Brain http://bit.ly/tLZAj

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Arbitration Fee Splitting Agreements http://bit.ly/3ujWk

Mind Hacks Summary Links http://bit.ly/8wQoA

Disputing: FEMA Creates New Arbitration Procedure for Claims Related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita http://bit.ly/4bLIuw

Psychology Today: The Effect of Sunlight on Consumer Behavior http://bit.ly/AnTwy

Cross Collaborate: Bernard Mayer: Staying with Conflict http://bit.ly/iFybk

Pollack: THE BIG PICTURE http://bit.ly/9buGw

Mediation Channel: Recommended reading: 21 alternative dispute resolution blogs to follow http://bit.ly/2qf8VS

The Complex Litigator: Hyperlinks can add enforceable terms to online contracts, according to Illinois District Court http://bit.ly/EI1i8

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog: Joint Account Holders Need a High Level of Trust, or Risk Losing Everything http://bit.ly/Qprhl

Mind Hacks: Seeing the results of surgery improves outcome http://bit.ly/8vClQ

idealawg: New article: “Managing with the Brain in Mind” http://bit.ly/2QH6a

Ill. L. Rev.: THE TROUBLE WITH TWOMBLY: A PROPOSED PLEADING STANDARD FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES http://bit.ly/S25B4

Disputing: Class and Consolidated Arbitration Under the FAA: What Issues Will SCOTUS Face in Stolt-Nielsen? (Part IVA) http://bit.ly/8BXc5

Brains on Purpose: Warnings about brain scans, empathy, and oxytocin http://bit.ly/etm6C

The Law and Neuroscience Blog: Scruton on Neuro-envy http://bit.ly/32GvD1

Vogel: 10 Year Old e-Discovery Rule in Texas Finally Gets Appellate Review http://bit.ly/qqUy8

Empirical Legal Studies: Post-Trial Relief http://bit.ly/M0klI (assumption that verdicts or judgments end civil disputes not accurate)

Brain Waves: Where Are the Neurofinancial Software Applications? http://bit.ly/wojZL

Mediation Matters: Can Crying Actually Make Two People Closer? New Research Says So http://bit.ly/KOFqQ

Psychology Today: Sleepless in America http://bit.ly/Bd7ja (just had to time release this one in the middle of the night)

Psychology Today: Your Brain at Work http://bit.ly/12ywNy (there are a small set of quirks about the brain that require a lot of attention)

CA APP COURT AFFIRMS ORDER VACATING ARBITRATION AWARD BASED ON ARBITRATOR’S REFUSAL TO HEAR EVIDENCE http://bit.ly/akbkw

Sharp Brains: Comparing Working Memory Training & Medication Treatment for ADHD http://bit.ly/reShY

Cognitive Daily: Fake videos lead to real confessions http://bit.ly/4b5fM8

ABA Journal: E-Discovery Fears May Explain Why Recession Didn’t Spur Litigation http://bit.ly/109Hwa

Business Conflict Blog: A Good Video for Cross-Border Mediation http://bit.ly/xHzzY

WSJ Law: AIG, Greenberg Agree to Arbitration In Disputes http://bit.ly/BdEx7

Disputing: Pending Legislation on U.S. Alternative Dispute Resolution: Update http://bit.ly/1931wi

ADR Prof Blog: Uniform Collaborative Law Act – Adoption and Upcoming Conference http://bit.ly/fuw45

Neuromarketing: The Scarcity Effect http://bit.ly/3mzewq

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Eleventh Circuit Troubled By Choice of Law Not Choice of Arbitration In Thomas v. Carnival http://bit.ly/d3MzM

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Arbitration agreement’s unconscionable provisions severed http://bit.ly/ADwLD

Mind Hacks: Weight affects our perceptions of importance http://bit.ly/17EjyH

Mind Hacks: Learning reality in the first few months of life http://bit.ly/iiOIh

Workplace Prof Blog: Labor/Employment Law & Economics http://bit.ly/5YgaO (another law and economics piece)

The Complex Litigator: Don’t already know about RECAP, the Firefox extension for PACER, it’s worth a recap http://bit.ly/13nEg6 (nice tool)

Tax Prof Blog: Great Law School Class Comic http://bit.ly/vZCHP

Mediation Matters: Monkeys Mirroring and Mediation — Imitation Promotes Social Bonding http://bit.ly/IXvsF

Pollack: MEDIATION CONFIDENTIALITY REDUX http://bit.ly/18AWns

Pynchon: The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse: Part V http://bit.ly/I4sXA

Disputing: 5th Cir. Decides on Waiver of Removal Rights Under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Awardshttp://bit.ly/VCHqI

Trial Warrior Blog: “Naming Names”: Online Defamation and Compelling ISP’s to Disclose Identities of Subscribers http://bit.ly/17VJ7n

Pynchon: The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse: Part IV http://bit.ly/wY65l

Smooth Transitions: Are customer lists trade secrets? Sometimes. http://bit.ly/335MRd

SECLaw.com: Madoff Losses May Be Covered Under Homeowner’s Policies http://bit.ly/3Dxkcs

Disputing: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center: Lacoste v. LaCoste http://bit.ly/sVCOI

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies: Lawyers at Mid-Career: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study of Job and Life Satisfaction http://bit.ly/KUGBe

Pynchon: The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse: Part III http://bit.ly/2RyjHu

The Frontal Cortex: Netflix http://bit.ly/19313q (fundamental psychological mistake: algorithms assume preferences are stable & consistent)

Business Conflict Blog: ABA Resolution on “Arbitration Fairness Act” http://bit.ly/3bZ276

ADR Prof Blog: ADR Blogging Makes an Appearance in Print http://bit.ly/jPAM5 (ADR’s Diane Levin thoughtfully describes the blog phenomenon)

Loree: The House of Lords Hands Down Landmark Reinsurance Decision: Lexington Insurance Co. v. AGF Insurance Ltd. http://bit.ly/HecOH

Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Is Arbitration Changing? http://bit.ly/csfB4 (arbitration proceedings can be as fast as the parties want)

Pynchon: The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse: Part II http://bit.ly/KGzyN

Disputing: GUEST-POST: Arbitration Hearing Technology – Using PowerPoint to Streamline the Hearing http://bit.ly/11o9OX

Business Conflict: ADR and Franchising: A Marriage Made at the Bank http://bit.ly/1axDj2 Managing Franchise Relationships Through Mediation

Psychology Today: Playing yawn tennis with mirror neurons http://bit.ly/ZDHIk

Pynchon: The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse http://bit.ly/3GWMOE

WSJ Front Page: ‘Billable Hour’ Under Attack — Companies Push Law Firms for Flat-Fee Contracts http://bit.ly/fHGuB

Workplace Prof Blog: Supreme Court Takes Executive Compensation Case http://bit.ly/3X5i3D

Brain Waves: Wonderful Review of “The Neuro Revolution” in Cerebrum http://snipr.com/qirem

Psychology Today: How to Tell a Lie http://bit.ly/ippUH (deception requires greater brain activation in several brain regions)

Mediation Channel: Mediate.com proves there is indeed such thing as a free lunch http://bit.ly/F7V2Y

Business Conflict Blog: Collaborative Law Struggles Bravely http://bit.ly/tzO7w

Patently-O: t minus 50: Microsoft Requests Emergency Stay of Injunctive Relief http://bit.ly/nfDyr

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Free PACER http://bit.ly/eDerk

ADR Prof Blog: Collaborative Law Conference and Call for Papers http://bit.ly/SuEY8

Concurring Opinions: Game Theory and Law http://bit.ly/86Sii (limited use for game theory in negotiation / mediation)

The Frontal Cortex: The Beginner Mind http://bit.ly/zLWJb (for parents, negotiators, mediators)

Mediation Channel: It’s a jungle out there: words of caution for negotiating social media http://bit.ly/GQbRD

Enjoy Mediation: Who Doesn’t Like Free? Mediate.com http://bit.ly/CDOH7

Posner: Will Economists Escape a Whipping? — Part II http://bit.ly/525WE (problem: economists exaggerate human rationality)

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Emphasizes Rule 9(b) Heightened Pleading Requirement for Defense of Inequitable Conduct http://bit.ly/13O9G0

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Rules on Section 1782 Discovery Motion for International Arbitration Case http://bit.ly/5EQKT

Patently-O: Judge versus Jury: Who Should Decide the Question of Obviousness? http://bit.ly/1czCXj

Psychology Today: Mastering the Art of Everyday Negotiations http://bit.ly/ruiT2

Texas Lawyer: W. Mark Lanier shares ideas on communicating with juries http://bit.ly/lyVTv

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Social Networking, Blogging And Employment Law Article http://bit.ly/15NbOP

Real Divorce Mediation: Co-Parenting http://bit.ly/c0zUY

Disputing: Alternative Resolutions Article: Third Party Claims Regarding Arbitration http://bit.ly/433PTI

Loree: Guest Post: Judicial Power to Void Mandatory Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers http://bit.ly/2q2WJB

Neuromarketing: Close Your Eyes, Change Your Brain http://bit.ly/A9OBh

Point of Law: Preemption, in trouble in the courts, as well http://bit.ly/1XAhjy

National Law Journal: For Litigators, a Different Kind of Recession http://bit.ly/uzfas

Anheuser-Modelo arbitration set for this month | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters http://tr.im/wGBu

Concurring Opinions: Opening Up the Law: Pacer, CITP, and the RECAP the Law Project http://bit.ly/hJcjV

Settlement Perspectives: CPR Publishes Early Case Assessment Guidelines http://bit.ly/16ICq3

Disputing: PART III | Class and Consolidated Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act: Stolt-Nielsen http://bit.ly/4iqbFc

Tax Prof: IRS Uses Second Life in Recruitment http://bit.ly/5B1Bz (advanced social networking goes to employment negotiations)

Frontal Cortex: Information Addiction http://bit.ly/JZVV0

Patently-O: Federal Circuit Affirms High Standard for Attorney Fees under 35 U.S.C. 285 http://bit.ly/RyOo

Mediation Matters: Bad Faith Mediation Tactics Or Not? http://bit.ly/FRog5

Goldstein: Challenging the Replacement of a Party-Appointed Arbitrator http://bit.ly/2ucmUy

ADR Profs: Bank of America Drops Credit Card Dispute Arbitration Requirement http://bit.ly/12WDph

ACMI: This is your Brain on Mediation: The use of Neuroscience and Neuro-linguistics in Resolving Disputes http://bit.ly/130vaD (catching on

Posner: Will Economists Escape a Whipping? http://bit.ly/1uY0e4 (Queen: why nobody noticed pre-9/08 that the credit crunch was on its way?)

Workplace Prof: Labor Issues Scuttle Southwest Bid for Frontier http://bit.ly/gAXWN

Levin: The log in your eye: eliminating gender bias in mediator performance evaluations http://bit.ly/vxGU4

Disputing: Recent Developments in Arbitration of Consumer Disputes http://bit.ly/SiMD9

ABA: Law Prof: Outside Ownership Could Help BigLaw http://bit.ly/e5Lq8

IP ADR Blog: Lawyer and Neutral David Allgeyer on Arbitrating Patent Disputes http://bit.ly/l1xPt

Mind Hacks: Seeing what we want to see in our friends http://bit.ly/17Bhkx (multiparty mediation)

Galima Group: Common Pitfalls of Negotiators http://bit.ly/2eYrvn

Patently-O: Microsoft Ordered to Stop Selling MS Word http://bit.ly/CFqXg

BPS Research Digest: Logic and language are not the same thing http://bit.ly/s31Yo

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Federal law trumps Texas court on tax issues. http://bit.ly/15otpo

Disputing: State Bar of Texas: Alternative Dispute Resolution Section http://bit.ly/3YedSy

Business Conflict: Analytical Mediation http://bit.ly/3TgQQ (transcends the polar extremes of “facilitation” and “evaluation”)

Goldstein: U.S. Judicial Discovery Assistance for Private Foreign Arbitrations: The Fifth Circuit Says “No” http://bit.ly/12BAui

Mediator blog: What Difference Does a Robe Make? Comparing Mediators with and without Prior Judicial Experience http://bit.ly/4wlJA1

Disputing: Professor Alan Scott Rau Comments on Stolt-Nielsen, S.A. v. Animalfeeds Int’l Co. http://bit.ly/gv4Au

BPS Research Digest Blog: Listener’s facial expression alters speaker’s language http://bit.ly/yxxQ3

Disputing: PART II | Class and Consolidated Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act: Issues in Stolt-Nielsen? http://bit.ly/30Fupz

Disputing: Disputing Blog Cited by Law Review Article http://short.to/lpo7 (thanks for the mention — we’re doing it again this year)

Disputing: Texas House Bill 2256 and Bad Faith Mediation in ‘Balance Billing’ http://snipr.com/ougee

Goldberg: Introducing the Catastrophic Insurance Coverage Blog http://bit.ly/SsU6f (I’m sure this will cover this area as well as Pynchon)

Neuromarketing: Selling to the Right Ear http://snipr.com/orjtd (want to get someone to do something, speak into their right ear)

Disputing: The Impact of E-Discovery on Arbitration http://is.gd/21kCW

Cornell L. Rev.: THE LAW, ECONOMICS AND PSYCHOLOGY OF SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CONTRACTS http://bit.ly/19YVff

PGP Mediation: NEVER ASSUME http://bit.ly/13twYC

Mind Hacks: cerebral folding – the science of why the brain is wrinkled up like a damp walnut http://short.to/lpqh

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: 5th Holds ADA claim stated for employee with chronic fatigue syndrome http://snipr.com/oo1qx

IP ADR Blog: WIPO Mediation Case Studies http://snipr.com/on1pe

The Law and Neuroscience Blog: Random Reading http://short.to/lkv3

“We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.” — Charles Caleb Colton http://short.to/kn1b

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: File Breach of Contract Suit In Any District Court http://is.gd/1Y1FM

The Law and Neuroscience Blog: Neurolaw and Psychopathy http://is.gd/21eqR

Mediate.com: How President Obama Gets To Yes http://bit.ly/RePhO

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Alimony in Texas?!? [Part 2 of 2] http://short.to/lkuo

WSJ Law: Private Equity Circling U.K. Law Firms, Waiting for 2011? http://bit.ly/OcRRK

The D&O Diary: Audit Firms’ Litigation Woes Mount, Report Shows http://short.to/kq9t

Sharp: Improvisation, Negotiation and All That Jazz http://snipr.com/ohmvo

PON: “Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.” — Kenneth Kaye http://short.to/kn1b

Harvard Negotiation Law Review: Making Settlements Stick: How to Encourage Compliance with Mediated Agreements http://short.to/kq9m

Neuromarketing: Disney’s Secret Austin Neuromarketing Lab http://snipr.com/ohum9

PON: “We never have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.” — Anonymous http://snipr.com/nvk9k

Sharp: 40 Superb Psychology Blogs http://snipr.com/ohn02 (for mediators who delve into this stuff, check out 40 Superb Psychology Blogs)

PON: “People who are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.” — Abraham Maslow http://snipr.com/nvk9k

Workplace Prof Blog: A Civil Rights Act of 2010? http://short.to/km36

PON: “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It’s that they can’t see the problem.” — G.K. Chesterton http://snipr.com/nvk9k

CPR: Obama’s Garden Beer Party Produces Promise for Further Dialogue (July 31). http://bit.ly/3iJ25r

Patently-O: Centocor v. Abbott (E.D.Tex.) http://short.to/knft

M Twain: Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over againhttp://is.gd/1Kzf6

Jeff Kichaven: When Is the Right Time To Mediate? http://bit.ly/hpvma

Cognitive Daily: How do we remember scenes? http://short.to/l3s9

PON: “Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.” — Art Buchwald http://is.gd/1Kzf6

PON Daily: Balancing Competing Interests, Waxman Style http://bit.ly/lRUri

Disputing: Fifth Circuit: You Should Not Be Allowed a Second Bite at the Apple Through Arbitration http://is.gd/1UgNP

IP ADR Blog: Successful Fed Circuit Mandatory Mediation Program Takes a Patent Dip in First Half of ’09 http://is.gd/1KVP4

ADR Prof Blog (Golann): Commentary on the NAF Lawsuit http://www.indisputably.org/?p=321

Brain Waves Blog: The Neuro Revolution published! http://bit.ly/T38Cv

Gerry Spence: On being selfish http://short.to/km2e

IP ADR Blog: Negotiating in Bad Faith http://snipr.com/o7mdm

PON Resource: “Conflict lies at the core of innovation.” — Emanuel R. Piore http://snipr.com/nvk9k

Workplace Prof Blog: Pleading Discrimination Claims After Iqbal & Twombley http://short.to/kmq8

Sharp: Lines are being blurred in modern mediation practice like never before http://bit.ly/11eXFH

IP ADR Blog: Eight Challenges to the Successful Mediation of Patent Cases http://short.to/ky6n

AmLaw Litigation Daily: Fair Use Defense Gets KO’d at Boston Illegal Music Downloading Trial http://short.to/l2p8

Disputing: Client Sues Texas Attorney Over Failed Arbitration http://snipr.com/nvbtg

WSJ Law Blog: The Shortest Allegedly Defamatory Statement in History? http://bit.ly/18mKJU

Pynchon: Negotiating the Resolution of Civil Harassment Complaints http://snipr.com/nt0wj

Patently-O: OVERVIEW OF USPTO PROCEEDINGS FOR THE REEXAMINATION OF A U.S. PATENT http://is.gd/1Kdib

IP ADR Blog: Best IP Settlement Advice in the Role of a Cartoon Character http://short.to/l0hl

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Grandparent Access to Grandchild Over Parent’s Objection New Law http://short.to/klp7

Legal Writing Prof Blog: basing decisions on life experience http://is.gd/1KcuX (negotiation: the brain must employ both logic and emotion)

Disputing: Testimony from the U.S. Congress Hearing on the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debt http://short.to/ko0e

Mediation Matters: Mistakes Made By Mediators — Part Three http://is.gd/1INZO

Enjoy Mediation: Q & A With Steve Mehta http://is.gd/1Hw2N

ABA Journal: Boom and Bust: E-discovery industry seeing slower growth, more mergers http://short.to/kcxb

Mediate.com: Building Positive Emotions In Mediation http://snipr.com/nppf8

Disputing: ABA CLE | Chicago July 31 | Arbitration: Has It Fulfilled Its Promises? http://bit.ly/S5orH

ABA Journal: Getting Personal: Social networks appeal, but not to the firm http://snipr.com/npo2g

AmLaw Daily: Citing Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Florida Judge Dismisses Seroquel False Marketing Suit http://is.gd/1Hup1

ABAJournal: Big Bank Blinks; Is This the End for Mandatory Consumer Arbitration? http://bit.ly/2cCYVu

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Alimony in Texas?!? Well, sort of . . . http://is.gd/1Ht7S

Harvard’s PON guru Mnookin talks mediation: Getting to yes: What would it take for Gates, Crowley to shake hands http://snipr.com/nvizk

Mediate.com Blog Postings of the Week http://is.gd/1HwNa

Workplace Prof Blog: interactive map of state minimum wage rates http://bit.ly/yw7Jd

ADR Prof Blog: Materials from Congressional Hearings on Arbitration http://bit.ly/P1jtG

Disputing: Global Arbitration Review Article: ‘Bad Faith’ Costs Decision Upheld http://is.gd/1HGsZ

Disputing: The American Arbitration Association Confirms Today That It Suspends Arbitration of Consumer Debt Collection http://short.to/khy4

TAKEAWAYS: Self-Determination and Divorce: A Personal Story http://short.to/kar6

AP: Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily http://snipr.com/nnvrg (brain science: how brain processes and imprints language)

Disputing: The Psychology of Overconfidence and Mediation http://bit.ly/125pHE

Patently-O: When The Infringing Device only Temporarily Meets the Claim Limitations http://snipr.com/nns8x

PrawfsBlawg: Overturning Twombly and Iqbal http://bit.ly/GbyCz

WSJ: An Arbitration Revolution? AAA Joins NAF, Stops Taking New Cases http://bit.ly/AQ9kz

Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation: ‘Insulting’ First Offers: Why Lawyers Make Them, and How to Respond (Dwight Golann)

Texas Lawyer Blog: $178.7 million verdict includes $5 million in punitives against GC http://short.to/k9kj

Texas Lawyer Blog: OCA’s Carl Reynolds launches new blog CourTex http://short.to/k9ke

WSJ: Credit Card Disputes Tossed Into Disarray http://short.to/kc87 http://bit.ly/7kGyd

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Finds that Court Abused Its Discretion by Allowing Pre-Arbitration Discovery http://snipr.com/nnq0n

Pynchon: The American Arbitration Association Gives Up Consumer Debt Collection Disputes as Well http://bit.ly/Ib8Sv

WSJ Law Blog: Making Sense of the Dip in Securities-Fraud Cases http://short.to/k9t1

Mediation Matters: Mistakes Made By Mediators �” Part Two http://snipr.com/nnqdn

New Yorker: Cocksure: Banks, battles, and the psychology of overconfidence. http://short.to/ka16 (Gladwell negotiation / mediation theory)

Disputing: U.S. Congress Hearing on the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debt http://snipr.com/nl7fh

Dallas Divorce Lawyer Blog: Standing for Step-father to Sue for Custody http://bit.ly/IrFhz

Bankrate.com: Want settlement cash now? Not so fast! http://snipr.com/nj25r

CPR: Sunday 7/19 Update: NAF Halts All Consumer Arbitrations; House Hearings Wednesday http://bit.ly/p1ZlR (Bleemer leads again)

PGP Mediation: EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION http://short.to/k2us

Mediation Matters: Mistakes Made By Mediators –Part One http://bit.ly/P6rw4

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Do Sanctions Apply to Best Interest of Child? http://bit.ly/fj3PE

Structured Settlements 4Real: Eight Structured Settlement Consultants Explain It “Like Its 1999″ http://bit.ly/OuwqF

Settlement Perspectives: Ambiguities in Rule 68: Why Are They Relevant to You? http://bit.ly/ZE3Gt

Loree: The Art & Science of Mediation: A Brief Recap of Don Philbin/Randall Kiser/Katherine Billingham ABA Telecon http://bit.ly/19R2DM

Disputing: Texas Bar Journal: Letter to the Editor on Improving Arbitration http://bit.ly/ltrU1

Time: Why Girls Have BFFs and Boys Hang Out in Packs http://bit.ly/ukiol (more brain science research to help in negotiation mediation)

Workplace Prof Blog: EEOC Issues Employee Guidance on Waivers in Severence Agreements http://bit.ly/i8CmW

Patently O: Patent Application Pendency: Percent of Applications Still Pending http://bit.ly/qpHHl

Civil Negotiation and Mediation: Creating a Negotiation Plan http://bit.ly/AmFGx

Lawsagna: “Can Your Brain Fight Fatigue?” http://adjix.com/seud (NYT: sports drinks replace cookies in mediation?)

CPR: Thursday Update on Minnesota AG v. National Arbitration Forum: NAF’s New Statement on the Complaint (July 16). http://bit.ly/p1ZlR

Goldstein: Judicial Power to Change the Place of Arbitration? http://bit.ly/GEgLx (5th Cir.)

Brains on Purpose: Why it’s brain-friendly 2 clarify ideas through images http://bit.ly/XrtGQ (make images a part of negotiation mediation)

Law Prof Blog Rankings http://bit.ly/4kzzc (some good subject matter sources here)

Mediation Matters: Let it Show, Let it Show — Make sure to bring proper demonstrative evidence to the mediation http://bit.ly/17ol9k

Disputing: Professor Alan Scott Rau Comments to In re Morgan Stanley http://bit.ly/Z8jek

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Holds that the Court, not the Arbitrator Should Decide the Issue of Capacity to Contract http://bit.ly/3Fz1J6

Mediate.com: Co-Parenting After A Divorce—Tips From A Mediator http://bit.ly/B2VPf

Cross Collaborate: A Note on Humor & Consensus Building http://bit.ly/DlhMX

Forum: 5 New ADR Blogs to Add to Your Reading List, by Diane Levine http://bit.ly/q3fXW

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: Divorce Recession — Cold as Ice or Hot as Ever? http://bit.ly/mHXEW

IP ADR Blog: Patent Arbitration – Abiding By the Rules http://bit.ly/U9FwR

Business Conflict Blog: Drafting Arbitration Clauses Post-Hall Street http://bit.ly/Rc7oe

Tax Prof Blog: Moneyball Lives! http://bit.ly/16nmpM (one of the most entertaining decision analysis books) (negotiation mediation Spurs)

Disputing: Law Review Article: “Disappearing Juries and Jury Verdicts” http://bit.ly/WxzS9

HBS: A Decision-Making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future http://bit.ly/3w6SPz (mediation)

IP ADR Blog: Litigation Accounting for In-House Counsel http://bit.ly/xwTy7

IP ADR Blog: Making Aggressive Opening Offers http://bit.ly/7pMED

IP ADR Blog: Mediator’s Proposal: Take It or Leave It by Robert J. Rose of Sheldon Mak http://bit.ly/IMiOf

Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Top 100 Employment Law Blogs http://bit.ly/5cBUn

Settlement Perspectives: Advanced Decision Tree Analysis in Litigation: An Interview With Marc Victor, Part II http://bit.ly/53voe

Diane Levin finds the Three Little Pigs Mediation from VA.gov http://bit.ly/17kPQy (used there to set expectations)

NPR: When Brain Scans Mislead http://bit.ly/uvkLY (negotiation theory; can be misleading as a measure of thought, emotion, or personality)

Disputing: Arbitration of Discrimination Claims After 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett http://bit.ly/17pvss

Cognitive Daily: Is less always more? http://bit.ly/jogG6 (we prefer a moderate number of choices in negotiation — not too many or too few)

Disputing: U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Sixth Circuit Decision that Nonsignatories May not Enforce Arbitration Agreement http://bit.ly/v8w0R

Brains on Purpose: Want to communicate well in mediation? Here are a couple of tips http://bit.ly/OxXoS

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Rules on Arbitration of Tort Claims in Employment Contract http://bit.ly/12GtxB

ADR Prof Blog: Arbitrators grant dispositive motions less often than judges http://bit.ly/lFbla

Writing Blog: NYT: How our brains assess risk and possible lessons for more effective advocacy http://bit.ly/vSco6 (a favorite negotiation t

Variability in Punitive Damages: An Empirical Assessment of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. http://bit.ly/2cevS

WSJLaw: New and Improved Arbitration? http://tinyurl.com/pa7b45

Sharp: Nice collection of articles by AIM Institute faculty just posted http://bit.ly/3dw6cU

Business Conflict Blog: Mediation http://bit.ly/2TW0e (Peter has gone overboard — but he is one of the best in the business so I’ll take )

Disputing: Article: “Civil Jury Trials R.I.P.? Can it Actually Happen in America?” and the Federal Arbitration Act http://bit.ly/40nIYr

Tax Prof Blog: Taxes and the Declaration of Independence http://bit.ly/DJJsu

Settlement Perspective: Advanced Decision Tree Analysis in Litigation: An Interview With Marc Victor, Part I http://bit.ly/1CTSi

Mediation channel surfing: in a round-up of links, some tasty ideas to snack on http://bit.ly/Gojo1 — Diane does a nice job with these

RT @CatherineMorris: RT @dianelevin Superb PDF download: One Minute Manager Prepares for Mediation (and negotiation) http://bit.ly/188X3B tx

RT @dianelevin: Am a fan of optical illusions for their ability to challenge our perception. Here’s a good one involv. http://bit.ly/585xS

Forum Blog: NY Bar Guidelines for Discovery in Domestic Commercial Arbitration http://bit.ly/JrwaH

Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Deal or No Deal: Improving the Odds of Successful Mediation http://bit.ly/PgU7x

Business Conflict Blog: Finally! The White House “Gets” ADR http://bit.ly/dktPt

Loree: Upcoming ABA Mediation Teleconference Featuring Don Philbin and Katherine Billingham http://bit.ly/Lv11E (thanks for the mention)

Chron Higher Ed: Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance http://bit.ly/3fYty

Altman Weil: 2009 CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER SURVEY http://bit.ly/qQDeb

SCOTUS Blog: Thoughts on this Term and the Next http://bit.ly/QKs1h (thoughtful recap of SCT term)

ADR Prof Blog: Mediation and the Separability Doctrine http://bit.ly/SoqES (extent to which clause can require pre-suit mediation)

Domain Name Wire: Sandra Bullock Fights for Her Domain Name http://bit.ly/3IrlxH

Forbes Intelligent Investing: Should Securities Arbitration Be Mandatory? http://bit.ly/L68uf

Business Conflict Blog: Contract Drafting for Dispute Management http://bit.ly/izt3C (negotiation mediation arbitration)

SCOTUS Blog: End of Term “Super Stat Pack” http://bit.ly/7HKfS – Supreme Court decision metrics for the term concluded today

NLJ: Anatomy of an Arbitration Disaster http://bit.ly/19PZg

Disputing: Texas HB 2256 Makes Possible a New Mediation Procedure for ‘Balance Billing’ http://bit.ly/JTy06 (also a topic at TX ADR meeting)

RT @vpynchon: RT @HappyHandyman: How to Negotiate Taxes with the IRS http://bit.ly/9SpjP

WSJ: GM to Take on Future Product-Liability Claims (Chrysler no?) http://bit.ly/U47y0

RT @consumerfinance: FTC Roundtable to Discuss Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration; Call for Public Comments: http://tr.im/pQAb

RT @KluwerArb: Blog: Special Masters in International Arbitration: by Roger Alford http://tinyurl.com/pph7jp (Alford is good)

Loree: Scarpato Reports on the Association of Insurance & Reinsurance Run-Off Companies (AIRROC) Dispute Resolution Pro. http://bit.ly/lIXqd

Tex Parte Blog: Conjunctions, contractions and controversy http://bit.ly/jZEF2 (Scalia and Garner were great at State Bar)

Barnett: ID of Party to Arbitration Pact Doesn’t Matter, Texas Supremes Hold http://bit.ly/10NAc8

Disputing: Audrey Maness: Weil, Gotshal & Manges Guest-Post: Texas House Bill 1083 http://bit.ly/i1v5w

PGP Mediation: THE DILEMNA OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION http://bit.ly/4uD3jI

Domain Name Wire: Tiger Woods Can’t Sink Putt for Child’s Domain Name http://bit.ly/acR9k

RT @Fulbright Publication: 2009 TX Legislative Session in Review: What Passed, What Didn’t and Where We Go From Here http://ow.ly/fLtc

RT @JuryVox: Check this out. World Clock with running counters on Crime, Death, Energy Production, more… way cool. http://bit.ly/113k5C

Enjoy Mediation: Selective Perception http://bit.ly/wFQIG (latch on to confirming information and discount disconfirming information)

Spoelstra: The ‘Texas Shoot Out’ And Other Ways To Get Out Of Deals! http://bit.ly/OQGrG negotiation mediation arbitration

Mehta: Taking Escalates More than Giving De-Escalates — How that Affects Mediation and Negotiation http://bit.ly/10QTAK

ABA Book: How Brain Science can Make You a Better Lawyer http://bit.ly/11I93y (always fascinated with implications for negotiation mediation

Sharp finds another gem: video played at Sony’s Executive Conference this year http://bit.ly/kUMAY (worth 5 min)

Disputing: TX Federal Court Finds Blockbuster’s Online User Agreement ‘Illusory’ and Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration http://bit.ly/j1YZS

Loss Aversion Under Prospect Theory http://bit.ly/YmTAJ (decision analysis society picks topic familiar to mediators for top award)

Disputing: U.S. Dispute Resolution Legislation: Update — concise summary of pending ADR bills http://bit.ly/16jOdB

RT @WSJLawBlog: The Beginning of the End of Mandatory Arbitration? http://tinyurl.com/nohn6t

RT @WSJPersFinance: Securities Arbitration Is Faulted http://tinyurl.com/q8canb

Mehta: Rose Colored Glasses in Mediation Might Be Helpful — Research on Ability to Take In Information and Moods http://bit.ly/xZUao

Geoff Sharp: 10 suggestions for lawyers heading into a mediation (first installment) http://bit.ly/845iW

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Confirms International Commercial Arbitration Award http://bit.ly/nX4N1

Kluwer Arbitration: The Case for Publication of Arbitral Awards http://bit.ly/vnlbI

WSJ: A Wandering Mind Heads Toward Insight – anatomy of the brain’s breakthrough moments and the payoff of daydreaming http://bit.ly/TaTbT

Business Journal: Marquette law school to run foreclosure mediation program in Milwaukee http://bit.ly/FdQvE

RT @WSJLawBlog: Breaking: Woman Ordered to Pay $1.92M for Illegal Downloading http://tinyurl.com/n2xj2s

RT @mediatecom: Article: View of Mediation in the Future – http://bit.ly/KkIHy

Settlement Perspectives: When Not To Negotiate: My Tree, My Neighbor’s House http://bit.ly/118NQ0

Mehta: I Just Assumed…Assumptions Can Create Nightmares in Mediation and Negotiation http://bit.ly/VBNBx

Foreclosure mediation rules being developed in Nevada — highest foreclosures — expect 1500 per month http://bit.ly/QuEgP

RT @Caufrier: Obama healthcare moves follow Harvard Negotiation playbook http://bit.ly/3pJiSL

ADR Prof Blog: “I find it interesting that the plan doesn’t call for the immediate outlawing of mandatory arbitration” http://bit.ly/6l22w

Financial Reg Reform: new consumer protection agency should have the power to ban mandatory arbitration clauses. (62-63) http://bit.ly/JvohQ

CKA Mediation & Arbitration: More Divorcing Couples Utilize ADR http://bit.ly/aHoeF

The mediator’s proposal is supposed to be a reflection of what will work to settle the conflict http://bit.ly/y6TgY

Mediate.com: Recession Shifting Disputes to Mediation http://bit.ly/qSG0x

RT @astarita: “How to Lose a $4.1 Billion Wrongful Termination Arbitration Award” http://bit.ly/YdhCU Hint – represent yourself and don …

Sharp: most impressive thing about a mediator who’s on their game is the ability to go from a standing start to 100kph http://bit.ly/rKaDf

Mediation Matters: International Elder Abuse Awareness Day — Learning About Elder Abuse and Mediation http://bit.ly/gHMCa

Mediation Matters: Pass the Vinegar, Honey! The Effect Of Anger On Others During Negotiations http://bit.ly/CTyBZ

Indisputably: Supreme Court grants cert in another FAA-related case http://bit.ly/Yk6kE

Disputing: Texas Supreme Court Rules on Burden of Proof in Arbitration Agreement http://bit.ly/WEroT

Lloyd’s Issues Warning About Threat of Instability Due to Recession: http://bit.ly/ZO2Tj

RT @stevemehta: A mediator has to be the beacon of optimism. People look to the mediator to gauge the success of mediation.

Dallas Divorce Law Blog: New TX Law Regarding Standard Possession Order http://bit.ly/uGPtY

LA Mayor Villaraigosa: Mandatory Mediation Needed Between Lenders and Homeowners Near Default. http://bit.ly/faBRH

Mediation Matters: New York State Bar Issues New Report On Arbitration Guidelines For Discovery http://bit.ly/EOS1K

ADR Prof Blog: NPR Story on the “Arbitration Debate” http://bit.ly/4omYWt

IP ADR Blog: Yes You ARE Making Irrational Decisions: What to Do About It (tx vicki) http://bit.ly/S0QOs

Sharp: Mediation – an integral part of our litigation culture http://bit.ly/8EwSf

Mediate.com Certification Follow Up: Jim Melamed Responds http://bit.ly/47D30

Disputing: Employment and Consumer Arbitration: NPR Article (nice recap for arbitrators) http://bit.ly/hzXAT

RT @WSJopinion: Jenkins: GM Needs a Political Strategy: Whitacre is not there to sell cars. http://tinyurl.com/lu8vfp Brilliant choice.

RTKl Costs in International Arbitration – A plea for a debate on early guidance by the arbitral tribunal on the p. http://tinyurl.com/lofn3c

“Mediation is a good thing because it helps to engender settlement and only a fool does not want to settle.” http://bit.ly/4VAo3

Settle It Now: Foreclosure Mediation Becomes Mandatory in Connecticut http://bit.ly/4UZN0

Disputing: Fifth Circuit Confirms Arbitration Award in Employment Case http://bit.ly/MkR0u

RT @LauraOwings: US Sup Ct lets law nullifying pre-admission nursing home arbitration agreements stand http://tinyurl.com/kkouge

Rethinking Negotiation Teaching: Innovations for Context and Culture is a must read for ADR academics and trainers http://bit.ly/8UZ88

Don Philbin interesting blog on attribution biases led me to this Circle of Conflict graph — mediation negotiation http://bit.ly/mOxxF

RT @KluwerLawOnline: English Court retains jurisdiction notwithstanding French arbitration clause: http://tinyurl.com/l35ldt

RT @IntlDispNegPod: Here’s one for you train spotters: Biggest ICSID arbitration award ever to individuals, seventh biggest ever …..

RT @leejayb: In negotiation, the right answer at the wrong time is the wrong answer. Being more strategic and less emotional wins the prize.

Link to bet the company litigation http://bit.ly/1a2LMH

Sharp picks another — Moffitt rejoining Dean Fiss’s classic article “Against Settlement” — negotiation http://bit.ly/BB5Vz

ADR Prof: more on the long-running debate over puffing / lying in negotiation / mediation http://bit.ly/WlnOL

IP ADR Blog: Unsurprising Speculation on Bratz Litigation Resolution: Licensing Agreement in the Works http://bit.ly/glxms

Mehta: Negotiating Games — Using Anger in Mediation, A Researched Analysis http://bit.ly/9hYbq

Employee terminated after accessing Facebook from her a home after claiming to be too ill to use a computer at work http://bit.ly/r2LWs

Eisenberg: The Decision to Award Punitive Damages: An Empirical Study (judges award more often in PI cases and juries in non-PI cases) …

Disputing: Sonia Sotomayor Meets Posner: Standards of Review for Arbitration Awards After Hall Street http://bit.ly/C7rpJ

Law.com: Technology Is Great, but Prove Your Point http://bit.ly/eWwYP

Fifth Circuit: Sham Arbitration Cannot Be Used to Perform an Unlawful Transfer http://bit.ly/Pwe5j

Sotomayor’s Arbitration Jurisprudence — Prof Cole: nothing to suggest that she will vote differently than has Justice Souter. http://bi …

Don Philbin watched Steve Susman’s “Litigating in a Downturn” (5 min. clip) and recommends it to his attorney and mediator friends. http://bit.ly/WRS4i

RT @robertlevy: Interesting Bloomberg’s law report on arbitration – Is Arbitration the Right Result. http://bit.ly/PrigM

RT @fwpharma: Johnson & Johnson initiates arbitration proceedings over Remicade, Simponi http://bit.ly/qqTiJ

TX HB 1083 prohibits court ordered mediation in arbitrable actions under the FAA without party agreement. http://bit.ly/25ftF

Mediation Matters: Anger Management A Must — Anger Can Be Damaging To Negotiations or Mediation http://stevemehta.wordpress.com

Ottawa Business Journal: The Benefits Of Arbitration In Commercial Disputes (http://bit.ly/KY1L2

Five ways to take the sting out of mediation http://bit.ly/d1COS

RT @fulbright: 5/22 International Arbitration: “manifest disregard of the law” – dead or alive? http://tinyurl.com/r4g8vq

RT @LawPassion: NASAA Supports Arbitration Fairness Act http://www.trigeia.com/node/311514

Negotiations Today Could Haunt You Tomorrow — Study Finds Long Term Implications http://stevemehta.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/negotiations-today-could-haunt-you-tomorrow-study-finds-long-term-implications/

Musicians have better memory — not just for music, but words and pictures too http://bit.ly/MDU1I

Interesting Take on Arbitration Fairness Act by E. Gary Spitko http://bit.ly/9u4sD

RT @EarthTimesPR: JAMS Announces First International ADR Center to Provide More Effective Arbitration and Mediation Worldwide http://tin …

Domain Name Disputes: SAP Loses Case Against UniSAP http://bit.ly/OFDoW

U.S. Report on Commercial Arbitration – The Impact of Uniform Law on National Law: Limits and Possibilities http://bit.ly/hSsJJ

Manifest Disregard is Dead – Long Live § 10(a)(4) FAA? http://bit.ly/IGW9i

No extension of arbitration agreement to non-signatory parent company based on letter of guarantee http://bit.ly/hV6y1

Arbitration Award That Conflicts With Public Employer’s Internal Policy Does Not Violate Public Policy http://bit.ly/2ZaLMV

Don Philbin another fine article on psychological biases — Tor is top shelf — helpful in negotiation and mediation http://bit.ly/1blPJ3

RT @Fulbright: 5/18 International Arbitration: Applications under sect 1782 to obtain discovery http://tinyurl.com/r4g8vq

RT @stevemehta: Studies show that really effective negotiators prepare 400% more than ordinary negotiators. Consider that b4 going to me …

Don Philbin construction mediation report from The Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London http://bit.ly/aeOfo

Ethics and Negotiating: Truth or Consequences? from the New York Law Journal http://bit.ly/LiRey

RT @dougnoll: Divorce Mediation Strategies | Divorce Tips http://bit.ly/18yOk6

Don Philbin Forbes arbitration piece: http://bit.ly/k1wUF

RT @bfmradio: Podcast: Negotiation and Decision-Making Using Mind-Mapping – KC Liew, Brainworks Enrichment – http://tinyurl.com/p24blh

American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force Report recommends ADR processes http://bit.ly/JuIWH

Texas Bar Journal Article: The Future of Arbitration http://bit.ly/2rlnit

RT @stevemehta: Surface Transp. Board assists Dupont in shipping dispute in first STB mediation. http://ping.fm/y9obO

RT @stevemehta: Getty and Met receive Italian art through the benefit of mediation. http://ping.fm/cLEEC