The US Supreme Court in Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios fended a
fork in the fair use road. The Court there upset the longstanding expectation that uses would …

Although impasses are frequently experienced by negotiators, are featured in newspaper
articles, and are reflected in online searches and can be costly, negotiation scholarship …

Though lawyers draft most written contracts, legal scholars rarely study contracts
themselves, and focus instead on the legal rules governing contracts. Despite this neglect …

Guidelines Sentencing, 87 IowA L. REV. 435 (2002). 9. See, eg, Rhode, supra note 5, at 708
(" Opponents of increased competition never lack examples of nonlawyer providers who …

This article explores the theoretical and behavioral impact of conventional arbitration and
final-offer arbitration (FOA) when parties are bargaining over an uncertain value. In this …

One of the most significant failures of the law governing unions and collective bargaining is
the catastrophic underenforcement of the statutory right of employees to bargain. About half …

Expert agents, such as lawyers, play a prominent role in conflict resolution, yet little is known
about how they affect outcomes. We construct a model that permits us to estimate the …

Using a newly assembled data set on procedures filed in Mexican labor tribunals, we study
the determinants of final awards to workers. On average, workers recover less than 30 …

The US legal system encourages civil litigants to quickly settle their disputes, yet lengthy and
expensive delays often precede private settlements. The causes of these delays are …

This article examines the incentive effects of final-offer arbitration (FOA) when disputants
have optimistic (ie, biased) beliefs about the arbitrator's settlement preferences. Optimism is …