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ODR in the Courts – from ODR Forum 2026 (video) author.

ODR in the Courts – from ODR Forum 2026 (video)

Recording of the session "ODR in the Courts" from the 2026 ODR Forum at Harvard University. Speakers include Nicolas Lozada...

By Colin Rule
Making Dispute Resolution Accessible – ODR Forum 2026 (video) author.

Making Dispute Resolution Accessible – ODR Forum 2026 (video)

"Making Dispute Resolution Accessible" from the 2026 ODR Forum at Harvard University, presented by Jennifer Shack, Director of Research at...

By Jennifer Shack
A Primer on Remedies in Arbitration author.

A Primer on Remedies in Arbitration

Background This article provides information on various types of remedies that may be available during arbitration. While it is impossible...

By Earlene Baggett-Hayes
Guidance for AI Usage – from the ODR Forum 2026 author.

Guidance for AI Usage – from the ODR Forum 2026

This session from the 2026 Global ODR Forum is entited "Applying ODR Standards: Guidance for AI Usage for Human Third...

By Daniel Rainey, Leah Wing
Can Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Change the World? (film review) author.

Can Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Change the World? (film review)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwiLG0hqrpU&t=2s Bill Glover was kind enough to do a review of the new documentary film on online mediation. Here's that...

By Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis
The Mediator’s Pen: Navigating the Ethical Boundaries of Settlement Drafting and the “Two Hats” Problem author.

The Mediator’s Pen: Navigating the Ethical Boundaries of Settlement Drafting and the “Two Hats” Problem

In civil mediations, one of the most critical boundary lines in the entire ADR profession revolves around a simple question:...

By Ed Timken
Legal AI: From Possibility to Practice author.

Legal AI: From Possibility to Practice

AI has moved from possibility to practice in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The focus now must be on how we implement...

By Tracey Frisch, Colin Rule
AI, ADR and the Future of Dispute Resolution author.

AI, ADR and the Future of Dispute Resolution

Why JAMS introduced AI Rules and launched its Technology Industry Group Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how businesses operate,...

By Kim Taylor
Mediating First-Party Property Cases: Navigating the Storm of Coverage, Causation, and Emotion author.

Mediating First-Party Property Cases: Navigating the Storm of Coverage, Causation, and Emotion

With hurricane season starting in Florida where I am, I thought it might be germane to talk about First-party property...

By Ed Timken
The AAAi Standards for Use of AI in ADR author.

The AAAi Standards for Use of AI in ADR

The American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (AAA-ICDR®) has published new AAAi Standards for AI in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). They...

By Bridget McCormack, Colin Rule
AI Just Changed Again. Here’s What Actually Matters with Susan Guthrie on Practice Playbook Podcast #564 author.

AI Just Changed Again. Here’s What Actually Matters with Susan Guthrie on Practice Playbook Podcast #564

If opening LinkedIn lately has made you feel like AI evolved while you were busy working, you are not imagining...

By Susan Guthrie
Agreement to Mediate That Incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use author.

Agreement to Mediate That Incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use

Introduction: The following Agreement to Mediate updates previous iterations by directly addressing the use of Artificial Intelligence in mediation for...

By Jim Melamed
AI, Confidentiality, and Privacy Risks in Mediation and Arbitration author.

AI, Confidentiality, and Privacy Risks in Mediation and Arbitration

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday ADR practice. Mediators and arbitrators now encounter AI tools in document review,...

By Robert Bergman
The Real Practice Systems (RPS) Negotiation and Mediation Coach author.

The Real Practice Systems (RPS) Negotiation and Mediation Coach

The Real Practice Systems Negotiation and Mediation Coach (RPS Coach) is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help mediators, lawyers,...

By John Lande
American Arbitration Association® Launches AI Agreement to Mediate Builder to Simplify and Customize Agreements to Mediate author.

American Arbitration Association® Launches AI Agreement to Mediate Builder to Simplify and Customize Agreements to Mediate

NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Arbitration Association (AAA®), the global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), today announced the...

By Jim Melamed
Another Niche for Mediators: Mastering the Franchise Mediation Landscape author.

Another Niche for Mediators: Mastering the Franchise Mediation Landscape

If you are feeling the squeeze of the 80/20 rule in the general commercial Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) market, the...

By Ed Timken
I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It. author.

I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It.

I have known Colin Rule for more than twenty years.  During that time, I knew that he had done a...

By John Lande
Is the AI Governance Problem Really a Human Governance Problem? author.

Is the AI Governance Problem Really a Human Governance Problem?

The dominant way people talk about artificial intelligence, especially lately after the explosion of generative models and the uneasy scramble...

By Robert Bergman
Beyond Neutrality: Why Benevolence Matters in Mediation  author.

Beyond Neutrality: Why Benevolence Matters in Mediation 

The limitations of negative definitions  Mediation is often defined by what the mediator is not allowed to do: not taking sides, not...

By Ton Westerduin
Privacy Regulations for Users of AI Models: A Free Practitioner’s Field Manual author.

Privacy Regulations for Users of AI Models: A Free Practitioner’s Field Manual

Robert Bergman is CEO of Southwest Management Technology and Next Level Mediation. Every conversation I have with a compliance officer...

By Robert Bergman
The Preemption Gambit: Why the SECURE Data Act Could Erase 21 State Privacy Laws Overnight author.

The Preemption Gambit: Why the SECURE Data Act Could Erase 21 State Privacy Laws Overnight

There are two ways to read the SECURE Data Act, introduced in the House yesterday. The first way: as a...

By Robert Bergman
The Privacy Patchwork in 2026 author.

The Privacy Patchwork in 2026

What Compliance-Oriented Teams in Legal, Healthcare, and Finance Actually Need to Watch A few weeks ago, a colleague on our...

By Robert Bergman
Guidance for Third Parties Using Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution: Applying the Online Dispute Resolution Standards author.

Guidance for Third Parties Using Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution: Applying the Online Dispute Resolution Standards

The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) and the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) announce the issuance of a...

By Colin Rule
AI in Legal Practice: What Heppner v. US Means for Lawyers, Mediators, and Arbitrators author.

AI in Legal Practice: What Heppner v. US Means for Lawyers, Mediators, and Arbitrators

For the sake of transparency and self-protection, let me start by saying I am not an attorney, and I am...

By Robert Bergman
Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stanford Law School and ODR.com Advance Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Case Resolution System author.

Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stanford Law School and ODR.com Advance Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Case Resolution System

Next Steps in Groundbreaking Partnership Seek to Unlock the Potential of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) The Superior Court of Los...

By Colin Rule
Review of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist author.

Review of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

To be clear, I have far more experience with AI than with reviewing movies, which may explain both the insight...

By Robert Bergman
Online Dispute Resolution, AI, and Access to Family Law Justice author.

Online Dispute Resolution, AI, and Access to Family Law Justice

We have expressed concern with Access to Justice in Family Law for years; since the turn of the century.  ...

By Jim Williams
ABA Formal Opinion 518: Redefining Ethical Boundaries in Mediation author.

ABA Formal Opinion 518: Redefining Ethical Boundaries in Mediation

Neutrality Is Not a Style — It Is a Structural Obligation When lawyers step into mediation as neutrals, they often...

By Harshitha Ram
White House 2026 National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence author.

White House 2026 National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

YARF (Yet Another Regulatory Framework) Introduction Artificial intelligence governance, at least right now, feels less like a system and more...

By Robert Bergman
The Computational Neutral: A Framework for Agentic and Algorithmic Integration in Alternative Dispute Resolution author.

The Computational Neutral: A Framework for Agentic and Algorithmic Integration in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Abstract The landscape of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is currently traversing a foundational paradigm shift. Moving away from a reliance...

By Ed Timken

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