The Arbitration Conversation
Discussing the latest developments in arbitration with top scholars and practitioners from around the world, hosted by Professor Amy J. Schmitz. You can learn more, and view the first 100 video episodes, at https://arbitrate.com/the-arbitration-conversation/
Episodes
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
26 min
In this episode, arbitrator and busy attorney John Lewis discusses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case on waiver in arbitration: Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. More information on the case can be found at https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/morgan-v-sundance-inc/. The discussion includes consideration of waiver generally, and aspects of federalist vs. uniformity that arise in Federal Arbitration Act jurisprudence.
Link: https://www.bakerlaw.com/JohnBLewis
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
26 min
In this episode, Amy talks with Marcie Dickson, the founder and CEO of Alterity ADR, about her vision to make ADR transparent and diverse. She is joined by Natasha Richardson, Director of ADR Services, who is an ADR administrative professional with 11 years’ experience in managing arbitrations and mediations. Guests share their vision and talk about the challenges, and exciting advances, of starting a new ADR service that aims to break the mold.
Link: https://alterityadr.com/about-us/
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
25 min
In this episode, Amy talks with Carmine Pascuzzo, from GST LLP, about UNCITRAL’s Working Group 3, which is focused on investor-state arbitration. From 2019 the Working Group has received proposals for reforms to ADR procedures, and now the WG is focusing its effort on composing a draft set of rules for conduct of adjudicators (maintaining a clear synergy with similar discussions taking place within ICSID) aimed at protecting adjudicators from conflicts of interest.
Link: https://gstllp.com/people/carmine-pascuzzo/
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
2 min
Our host Prof. Amy Schmitz welcomes you to the new Arbitration Conversation podcast, along with arbitrate.com CEO Colin Rule.
Prof. Amy J. Schmitz
Professor Schmitz teaches at The Ohio State Moritz College of Law and Program on Dispute Resolution as the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Endowed Chair in Law. Before teaching at Ohio State, Professor Schmitz taught at the University of Missouri School of Law and the University of Colorado School of Law. Prior to teaching, Professor Schmitz practiced law with large law firms in Seattle and Minneapolis and served as a law clerk for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. She has published over 60 articles in law journals and books, is a co-author of the leading casebook, Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice and Law (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2021), the new book with Stipanowich, Arbitration: Theory, Practice and Law (Forthcoming Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2022).