A few weeks ago I was standing inside a restaurant by the front door, waiting to be seated with my daughter and extended family in front of me. A man who looked like he might be homeless rode up on a bike, stopped, walked in, and came up quietly behind me. Before I even knew he was there, he put his hand on my shoulder and whispered, “Be the difference you want to see in the world.” I said the only thing that came out, “Exactly,” loud enough that my family heard it too, and for a second nobody quite…
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  • A dog bite puncture wound claim may be worth pursuing if the bite required medical treatment, caused lost wages, or created other damages.
  • Arizona dog bite laws generally hold dog owners liable when their dog bites someone in a public place or while the person is lawfully on private property.
  • As of July 2026, typical Arizona dog bite settlement ranges may vary from $10,000 to $500,000 or more, depending on the severity of the injury, scarring, treatment, and long-term impact.

Dog bites are more common than many people realize. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, an…
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The RPS Coach homepage not only describes the AI tool, the values embedded in it, and the topics it covers.  It also includes a publications section with practical guides and tools that people may freely use, distribute, and post on their own websites.I recently added several new resources that may be useful in legal education and dispute resolution practice.  One is a guide for law students, and two are guides for parties in disputes.People can use these resources just by reading them, though they also may take advantage of them as AI coaching tools.  Using AI as coaches offers some …
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In a major win for Arizona taxpayers, the Arizona Tax Court issued two significant rulings reaffirming a fundamental principle of Arizona property tax law: real property must be valued based on its current use—not its potential future development. The cases involved two neighboring properties in west Phoenix that have long […]
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Back in April, following Marc Galanter’s passing, John Lande wrote a lovely post honoring Galanter’s life and work.  John was the most appropriate of Indisputably’s contributors to write that tribute, given that he was one of Galanter’s grad students back in the day.I mention this because another tribute to Galanter crossed my desk today.  Although written on May 31st, this one comes from Jeffrey Rachlinski in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. While I’d like to share it in toto here (link here — it may be paywalled, so you may need to ask your library for…
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Ask an AI builder for a law firm website, and you’ll have one in 10 minutes. It’ll look finished, too. But underneath the stock courthouse photo and the vague bio, there’s no real structure for case results, credentials, jurisdiction, or bar compliance. Here’s what’s actually missing.
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Many people spend hours agonizing over what health product to purchase, or what color shirt or blouse to buy, or even what to have for dinner that night. Do you know what most people do not spend more than a few minutes deciding? What doctor to select for a medical procedure. That makes no sense whatsoever.

Your Health Is Worth At Least A Few Minutes Of Your Time 2

Your health is one of the most valuable things you have in life. It may not be perfect, but no matter what it is, it can get worse, if entrusted to…
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The Arizona Supreme Court just changed the rules on when someone else can join your confidential conversations with your lawyer. In probate, trust, estate and fiduciary disputes, that question comes up constantly.

Families rarely go through a trust or estate dispute alone. An adult child helps an aging parent keep track of things. A trustee leans on the accountant who knows the numbers. Two siblings who agree on how a trust should be handled compare notes. A caregiver drives someone to the meeting and stays to listen. All of it is natural, and all of it raises the same question:…
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With thanks for Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) for compiling this twice a year, listed below are our colleagues’ current scholarship projects:Gilat Juli Bachar (Temple Law)Against Overbroad Nondisclosures, 100 S. Cal. L. Rev. _ (forthcoming 2026/7):

  • This paper addresses the overlooked problem of overbroad settlement non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Although confidentiality is regarded as a cornerstone of dispute resolution, sweeping NDAs can undermine one of settlement’s central objectives—helping parties achieve meaningful closure—by preventing individuals from discussing emotionally-taxing disputes even with therapists, clergy, or immediate family members. Drawing on doctrinal analysis and research in psychology, the paper demonstrates how such clauses

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As many of you know via the list serv, Carrie Menkel-Meadow’s latest ADR text is out, Advanced Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution, and available for purchase.  Here’s are the key features of this book as listed on the book’s webpage:

  • Reviews the latest issues in multi-party, multi-issue international disputes
  • Outlines adjudication, arbitration, mediation, negotiation and various hybridized processes
  • Analyses critiques of alternative forms of dispute resolution as well as jurisprudential theories
  • Explores innovations in online dispute resolution, including the challenges and opportunities which arise from the use of artificial intelligence
  • Illustrates how innovative processes of facilitation and consensus building can

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I learned so much from reading. Which sparks ideas. Try it. That’s really the whole thesis, and I could stop right there, but the old ad line deserves better than a one-sentence drive-by. Reading Is Fundamental was a public service campaign decades before anyone worried about attention spans and doom-scrolling, and it turns out the slogan undersold itself. Reading isn’t just fundamental to literacy. It’s fundamental to how professionals think, argue, negotiate, and eventually distinguish themselves from everyone else doing the same job the same way.

Books in particular do something a headline or a hot take cannot. A good…
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Testamentary capacity in Arizona is judged by the testator’s state of mind at one specific moment: the moment of signing. But what happens when the person who signed it had already been diagnosed with moderate dementia more than a year earlier? Can a court look at how someone was declining in the months before and after they signed, or is it limited to what happened precisely on signing day itself?
In a published opinion issued on July 29, 2026, the Arizona Court of Appeals answered that question and, in the process, reversed a trial court that had admitted a contested…
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Recently, there was a large medical malpractice verdict in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city that has seen more than its share of large verdicts. This one was in the amount of $108,000,000. While that is a lot of money, please always remember that the jury’s verdict is only the first step in a long process for the victim before any money actually changes hands. The defendants always file post-trial motions asking the court to order a retrial or to at least reduce the amount of the jury’s award. If those motions fail, the defendants always appeal the judgment. The injured victim…
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How to Vacate a Confession of Judgment in New York

If you signed a merchant cash advance agreement, there’s a good chance you also signed a confession of judgment (COJ) without fully understanding its implications. When a funder files that COJ and a judgment gets entered against you, it can feel final and permanent. However, the reality is that judgments entered by confession are not unchallengeable and can often be vacated with proper legal strategy. Understanding your options could mean the difference between losing your business assets and getting a fresh start.
What is a Confession of Judgment?
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Are you putting the finishing touches on your syllabi for the fall?  If you’re teaching mediation, interviewing, counseling, and negotiation, an ADR survey course, or a related subject, you might consider including a fun new teaching resource in your course.What Happened? A Mediation Story Featuring RPS Coach is a plausible story that students can read in about an hour.  As a software implementation goes seriously awry, two companies, their executives, their lawyers, and a mediator navigate legal uncertainty, business realities, organizational pressures, and strained relationships while trying to resolve a commercial dispute in 2025.  Students meet the principal characters…
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Best MCA Lawyer: Merchant Cash Advance Defense Attorneys

If daily ACH debits are draining your business account, a confession of judgment has been filed against you, or your bank account has been frozen by an MCA funder, you’re likely searching for the ‘best MCA lawyer’ and trying to figure out who can actually help, not just who has the best marketing. Merchant cash advance disputes are a narrow, fast-moving area of law. Picking the right attorney can be the difference between losing your business to a funder’s collection tactics and getting back to running it. This page covers what the…
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