Online Dispute Resolution Breakfast Seminar
Hosted by CPR and the Law Journal
October 10, 2001

at Shaw Pittman, LLP
2300 N Street, NW (at the corner of 24th & N - 1st Floor)
Washington, DC

1. Introduction to ODR: eCommerce and the benefits of ODR in both the B2B and B2C contexts, Marc Pearl, Shaw Pittman.
2. Outline of the UDRP process (commenting on both the upsides and the recent
Geist report downsides), Eric Fingerhut, Shaw Pittman's resident TM/Domain Name/ICANN expert.
3. The actual process of online ADR and the potential pitfalls, David Cynamon, head of Shaw Pittman's litigation practice group.
4. Platform demonstration from Online Resolution, Inc.

For more information, contact:
Marc A. Pearl
Direct: (202) 663-8993
eMail: marc.pearl@shawpittman.com
Website: http://www.shawpittman.com

Monday, September 17, 2001

Swift justice: Judge settles small claims online

The Oakland Tribune
By Francine Brevetti - Business Writer, 9/17/2001

A DISGRUNTLED apartment dweller sent this e-mail to attorney Alex Klibaner:

"I want to settle this case soon so I can get on with my life. No cat is going to stop me!"

The respondent in this small claims case about an injured cat settled her dispute online with the decision from retired Berkeley Judge Roderic Duncan.

While a growing number of arbitration and mediation solutions appear on the World Wide Web, and many include the services of a judge, Klibaner said this is the only one focussing on small claims to use a judge. Duncan who has made a reputation in the resolution of small claims, lends his stature and authority to the Web site, IntelliCOURT.

Thursday, September 13, 2001

ZDNet: eWEEK: Cyber-law is Letting Us Down
By Scot Petersen
September 5, 2001 2:07 PM ET

Lawrence Lessig doesn't appear to be a happy man. I don't know him personally, and I'm not saying he's depressed or anything. But the cyber-law expert is unhappy about a lot of things, starting with his profession and all the way up to the chiefs of American business, about what is happening to the Internet.

Lessig didn't think being a lawyer would be so troubling. As he told the assembled at a LinuxWorld conference keynote in San Francisco last month, he thought legal minds would always resort to what is right, or "reasonable," as he put it. But lawyers—even some of the law students he has taught at Stanford and Harvard universities—are among those chiefly responsible for turning the Net into something diametrically opposed to the spirit in which it was created.

"You built an extraordinary platform [the Internet]," he told the developers in attendance. "My kind are working to shut it down. ... My students are changing that environment." Lessig cited the fact that there are laws created to ostensibly protect copyrighted material online—namely the Digital Millennium Copyright Act—which instead of protecting artistic freedom are acting to stifle another kind of freedom, the freedom to innovate technologically on top of the platform that is the Net...

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

May our efforts in this field
help to bring the world closer
to a lasting peace based
on justice and conflict management.

From the ABA ADR Listserv:

I share the profound shock, anger and sorrow that many others have expressed about today’s violence and devastation.

I hope each of you and your loved ones are physically safe, and offer my deepest sympathy to those not so fortunate. My thoughts are also with the many millions of people around the globe who have been less tangibly injured by this tragedy.

I am also very concerned by the United States’ President and other officials’ promises to "hunt down and punish those responsible." I strongly urge that punishment be administered only in accordance with principles of due process and the rule of law. Recent events certainly demonstrate that military retaliation for acts of terrorism may lead to escalation rather than to peace and safety.

Encouraging peaceful and constructive conflict resolution is crucial in face of the pain and anger so many people are now feeling. I urge ADR devotees to speak out against a precipitous military response to this tragedy.

Alan Wiener
Mediator & Dispute Resolution Consultant
www.AlanWiener.mediate.com

Yale/Quinnipiac Workshop on Dispute Resolution -- UDRP

The Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution is pleased to announce the list of speakers for the 2001-2002 workshop on Dispute Resolution, jointly sponsored by Yale Law School. This series features distinguished scholars and practitioners in the field of dispute resolution. The talks are open to the public as well as the Yale and Quinnipiac communities, and are structured to allow time for questions and discussion.

For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Gerarda Brown
Professor of Law and Director, Center on Dispute Resolution
Quinnipiac University School of Law
275 Mt. Carmel Ave.
Hamden, CT 06518
203-582-3246
jennifer.brown@quinnipiac.edu

April 22, 2002 4:30 p.m.
Stephen J. Ware, Professor of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL
"Domain Name Arbitration in the Arbitration Law Context"
Yale Law School Faculty Lounge

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

CIDRA Meeting Minutes

"Most of the August 3, 2001 meeting was devoted to an excellent presentation by Dana Haviland and Colin Rule of Online Resolution www.onlineresolution.com “(OR”). Dana just left her partnership at a Silicon Valley law firm, Wilson, Sonsini, to become the CEO of OR. She has more than two decades of extensive experience in international commercial arbitration and she gave a very interesting overview of the history of the field. Colin is a mediator and has a degree in dispute resolution from Harvard.

They showed us the e-room software, which can be used for international or domestic mediations or arbitrations. Dana described how she uses e-rooms wherever she is in the world to decide WIPO domain name disputes and other cases. The e-rooms, which have calendar features, caucus rooms, document repositories, live-chat, e-mail, etc. can be used to enhance offline arbitrations and mediations and only cost $150 for two months. It was a great presentation and we should continue to look into more online dispute resolution training with OR to uphold our CIDRA commitment to being efficient, flexible and able to use the latest technology."

Monday, September 10, 2001

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Friday, September 07, 2001

SMU Dispute Resolution Masters Program

Seminar:
Online Dispute Resolution
February 18-22, 2002 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Presented by: Colin Rule President of Online Resolutions

Tax Professional's Corner; 2001 Nationwide Tax Forums - IRS

Additional IRS Tax Forum in San Francisco, October 2-3, 2001

The IRS will hold an additional tax forum on Taxpayer Rights & Alternative Dispute Resolution on October 2-3, 2001 at the Radisson Berkeley Marina Hotel in the San Francisco Bay area. Topics include low-income tax clinics, pro bono services, collection, mediation, arbitration, new post- & pre-filing initiatives and alternative dispute resolution ethics. Attendees can earn up to 15 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) or Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits.

The registration fee is $120 for attendees, and $60 for government and public service personnel. To register for the event or for more information, visit the Public Affairs International website or call (301) 593-0200.