Recently, we posted about the intended changes in the European regulations on alternative dispute resolution as well as out-of-court dispute resolution (A step away from out-of-court dispute resolution for European consumers). As you may imagine this change has been widely debated in various news. If you are interested in reading more about it, I recommend you the following:
Darin Thompson's blog entry "Online Dispute Resolution Expansion in the EU" within SCL - The IT Law Community
Rafal Morek's blog entry "ADR and ODR for EU consumers: Proposals for new Directive and Regulation" on Kluwer Mediation Blog