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Novojustice

Colin Rule
June 28, 2011 01:35

Just a quick note to say I've started a new blog as preparation for a book I'm doing for the ABA in 2012 -- so most of my blogging energy has shifted over there. Please come by and check it out: http://www.novojustice.com

Technology and Divorce Mediation

Colin Rule
January 10, 2011 22:24

I met with my good friend John Ford last week for lunch, and he introduced me to his business partner David Stein. The two of them have set up a new dispute resolution service provider focused on family disputes: Liaise Divorce Solutions. It's been almost a decade since the US figured out that...

UNCITRAL ODR Working Group Meeting In Progress

Colin Rule
December 14, 2010 00:23

The first meeting of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group kicked off today at the UN Center in Vienna. The full agenda for the 5 day meeting is here, and the Secretariat Note is available here. From the Note: "Research and experimentation with ODR indicate that the availability of dispute resolution...

The 2011 ODR Working Group Meeting - Chennai, India February 7-9

Colin Rule
December 04, 2010 01:54

Chennai, India will serve as the host city for the 10th Annual International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution February 7-9, 2011. This conference will bring together the world's leading practitioners, academics, theorists, and online negotiation application developers, to share information, and...

Building a Global ODR System for Consumer Disputes

Colin Rule
November 11, 2010 19:51

The ODR and Consumers 2010 Forum was held in Vancouver on November 2 and 3, 2010. The Forum (ODRAC) was convened in response to recent proposals advanced by delegations to the United Nations (UNCITRAL) and the Organization of American States. These proposals have begun to outline model rules for a...

Not a mythological character

Colin Rule
September 16, 2010 04:25

Tina Dupuy: "The fact is: Obama is a good president. He’s a centrist who is somewhere between what mouth-foamers on either extreme say about him. He does listen to all viewpoints, which makes people of some viewpoints – ironically – dislike him. He’s not the villain the insane Right says he is, nor...

A nation of know-nothings

Colin Rule
August 26, 2010 22:35

Tim Egan on the NYT website: "It would be nice to dismiss the stupid things that Americans believe as harmless, the price of having such a large, messy democracy... At its worst extreme, a culture of misinformation can produce something like Iran, which is run by a Holocaust denier. It’s one thing...

Obama on covert manipulation of public opinion

Colin Rule
August 23, 2010 19:04

"They don't want you to know which interests are paying for the ads. The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are those with something to hide." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjssObygXaQ&

He still hasn't walked on water

Colin Rule
August 20, 2010 18:20

Eugene Robinson's piece in the Washington Post today (plus Todd Purdum's recent VF piece) got me thinking. Is it impossible for any modern President to be seen as successful? Is the ire-generation engine so efficient now that every achievement comes with instant scorn included in the same...

A strange aversion to confrontational politics

Colin Rule
August 16, 2010 17:46

John Judis in The New Republic: "Why has the White House failed to convince the public that it is fighting effectively on its behalf? The principal culprit is clearly Barack Obama. He has a strange aversion to confrontational politics... He was not a typical blue-collar, bread-and-butter Chicago...