Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers (2008)

Part I: Investor-State Arbitration
Overview of Investor-State Arbitration, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

New Generation of Bilateral Investment Treaties: Consensus
or Divergence? John Beechey and Antony Crockett

Eclipse of Expropriation? W. Michael Reisman and Rocio Digon

Interim Measures: An Arbitrator's Provisional Views,
L. Yves Fortier, C.C., Q.C.

Treatment of Non-Disputing State Party Views in Investor-
State Arbitrations, Andrea J. Menaker

Part II: Recent Significant Domestic Judicial Decisions Involving or
Potentially Involving International Arbitration
Current Developments in the United States, Donald Francis Donovan

England: A Look Back on a Year of Authority and Hilarity,
Sophie Nappert

Recent Significant French Judicial Decisions Involving
International Arbitration, Philippe Pinsolle

Recent Austrian, German, and Swiss Judicial Decisions
Involving International Arbitration, Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler

Part III: Class Actions and Consolidation in International Arbitration
Overcoming Obstacles to Consolidation of International
Arbitrations, Michael Marks Cohen

Should No-Class Action Arbitration Clauses Be Enforced,
Frederic Bachand

Desirability of International Class Arbitration,
Dana H. Freyer and Gregory A. Litt

Feasibility of Class Arbitration, John Fellas

Part IV: Intellectual Property and Information Technology Issues in
International Arbitration
Choice of Law in International Intellectual Property
Arbitrations: A Three-Dimensional Chess Game? Thomas D. Halket

International Arbitration of Intellectual Property Validity, Joel E. Lutzker

Using Information Technology Efficiently in International
Arbitration, Erik Schafer

Electronic Discovery and Arbitration: A Shortcut Through EDiscovery,
Irene C. Warshauer

Part V: Mediation: Issues, Solutions, and Expanding Applications
How Confidential Is Mediation Confidentiality? John Michael Richardson

Mediators Take Note: Are We a Cottage Industry? Are We a
Profession? Who Will Decide?, Judith P. Meyer and Michael Leathes

Using Mediation Techniques to Improve M&A Outcomes,
Patricia Barclay

European Directive on Commercial Mediation: What It
Provides and What It Doesn't, F. Peter Phillips

Commercial Mediation in China: Challenge of Shifting
Paradigms, F. Peter Phillips

Mediation Trends in Australia-Deja Vu and Innovation
Ian Hanger

Final Step: Issues in Enforcing the Mediation Settlement
Agreement, Edna Sussman