Detoured to ADR; a new round of employment issues is coming to court as companies look to refine the wording of workers' contracts

Article Abstract:

The pros and cons of mandatory employment arbitration are discussed, and observers claim that it creates a tension between workers' legal rights and employers' desire for swift, inexpensive resolution of claims

Interpretation and construction, Labor contracts, Labor arbitration

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MDP debate still alive; need for new rules, accord by state bars on lingering issues

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The article describes the deliberations of the A.B.A. Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice, state bar task forces and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants(AICPA) on this issue. The AICPA supports multidisciplinary practice but has criticized the ABA's proposal because because it would force the lawyers' conduct rules on everyone in the practice.

Standards, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Multidisciplinary law firms, Legal ethics, A.B.A. Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice

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Another broken trust

Article Abstract:

The article describes the litigation engendered by the 1887 General Allotment Act, a law designed to break up the tribal system and lead to Native Americans' financial independence by doling out to them parcels of land, allowing them the income from activities such as oil leases on this land. The government found, however, that it needed to step in as trustee and pay the Indians income because few of the Indians had the expertise to manage the land. Slipshod recordkeeping and a slow probate system were just two of the problems in this system.

Cover Story, Native Americans, Land trusts, Native American land tenure

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