Category: Blogs – Legal

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. Pollack In my years as a mediator, it has struck me that the smaller...

Fairly Legal Blog by Clare FowlerJudges and court-appointed mediators have an interesting relationship. ”Interesting” can be defined as big brother,...

Kluwer Mediation BlogIt is often said that listening is one of a mediator’s core skills. At the same time the...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly Hayes Following are this month’s recent developments in international arbitration law...

Kluwer Mediation BlogHe was a widower and a grandfather. He arrived at the mediation with his attorney and one of...

Kluwer Meditation Blog.This story is for you if: It’s difficult to tell who the decision makers are on your cases....

Conflicts of Interest Blog by Vivian Scott Change almost always brings fear. When a shift from the normal is announced,...

International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution It is a fact of life that lawyers will be involved in many...

In Hawaii, a Molokai couple won a $3.9 million verdict against their Homeowners’ Association (HOA) and individual defendants when the...

Mediation's Place by Joe Markowitz Last year the California Supreme Court upheld California's expansive protection for mediation confidentiality to bar...

Ever wonder why there are different views of what happened in every experience? I get to see this almost daily....

Civil Negotiation and Mediation by Nancy HudginsI moved to San Francisco in the late ‘70’s, about the time Joe Montana...

Distance Family Mediation by Susanna Jani It comes as no surprise that many of our readers have been wondering about...

International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution It is common sense that strong emotions, like anger, play an important role...

Dispute Settlement Counsel by Michael Zeytoonian. As a mediator and a collaborative lawyer, I often get asked: “What is the...

Conflicts of Interest Blog by Vivian Scott Don’t you find it frustrating when you have an idea that you’re dying...

I heard LA Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee Edmon speak at a County Bar Association lunch recently about the current...

Conflicts of Interest Blog by Vivian Scott Continuing the Dirty Dozen list of 12 behaviors that cause conflict at work...

Anyone who has still been following budget negotiations in Congress has no doubt noticed that they have reached another interesting...

Mediation Bytes by Karin HobbsShould you mediate by Skype? Perhaps. There are benefits and warnings. When a recent case was...

Novo Justice Blog by Colin RuleDebra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal: ‘A Dallas law firm has filed a lawsuit seeking to...

Civil Negotiation and Mediation by Nancy HudginsAs a practicing lawyer, when I tried to explain the vagaries of jury trials...

Kluwer Meditation Blog.Like many of us I am constantly torn between simplicity and complexity. The world is complex: that’s a...

Related Video 1. Consider the “law of unintended consequences”—what we sometimes think is good turns out differently and sometimes the...