It is fear of loss that catapults people into conflict. It is fear that can keep them from resolving it. In a mediation, if the fear of loss outweighs the...
By Rick VoylesFrom the Blog of Phyllis G. Pollack. Recently, a California appellate court re-affirmed the requirement that the parties, themselves, and not their attorneys, must either sign a settlement agreement or...
By Phyllis PollackIndisputably Recently, Doug Yarn (Georgia State) posted a message on the DRLE listserv describing his school’s decision to cut back its ADR program. This was shortly after I saw a...
By John Lande