Bloch; Richard I.
Post-Merger Seniority Writes in the Airline Industry II. Mergers in the Airline Industry
A panel discussion of the history of airline mergers and the technology now being used to assist arbitrators to make decisions on seniority lists.
Fireside Chat with Theodore J. St. Antoine
Ted St. Antoine, a past Academy president is interviewed by another past president, Richard I. Bloch and by Richard’s wife, Susan L. Bloch. Both were… Read More »Fireside Chat with Theodore J. St. Antoine
Salary Arbitration in the NHL: Eligibility, Rules, and Process
An examination of the process of salary negotiation in the NHL, followed by a panel discussion comparing that process to Major League Baseball’s.
The NAA agora: What’s right with labor arbitration, and how to keep it that way.
A panel discussion about the roll of the arbitrator, the mentoring and acceptance of new arbitrators, continuing education and training, and best practices.
Presidential address: Arbitration in a litigious society: arbitration, innovation, and imagination – escaping the missionary position
NAA President Richard I. Bloch is introduced by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Harry T. Edwards. President Block proposes that arbitrators engage in more experimentation… Read More »Presidential address: Arbitration in a litigious society: arbitration, innovation, and imagination – escaping the missionary position
The changing face of just cause:One standard or many? Overview
An examination of the arbitrator’s role in applying public statutes to determinations of just cause when those statutes have been incorporated by reference into the… Read More »The changing face of just cause:One standard or many? Overview
Discipline, discharge, external law and procedure -Roundtable discussion
A roundtable discussion, based upon hypothetical examples, of off-duty misconduct as cause for discharge. Subjects addressed include representation of the employee by independent counsel –… Read More »Discipline, discharge, external law and procedure -Roundtable discussion
Professional responsibilities of arbitrators
Richard Block discusses whether and under what conditions arbitrators should agree to serve as expert witnesses.Walter Gershenfeld discusses when disclosure is required of an arbitrator,… Read More »Professional responsibilities of arbitrators
Arbitral implications: Hearing the sounds of silence
Authors Mittenthal and Bloch examine how arbitrators, in performing their interpretive function, find implied obligations that are nowhere mentioned in the contract. Arbitrators embrace those… Read More »Arbitral implications: Hearing the sounds of silence