Category: Commercial

Introducing the New Arbitrate.com! After many months of work, we are very proud to announce the launch of the new Arbitrate.com, sporting...

Working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for organizations to demonstrate their emotional qualities, says Arran Heal...

This article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert ('SAA') blog, here. FINRA’s Office of Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has...

By the time Lee visited HR to request a mediation, he was frustrated and mad. Despite many “feedback” meetings with...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and a series of government shutdown orders have negatively impacted many contracts and commercial leases, either...

Lawyers love conflict. They thrive on it. If anyone can coexist with conflict, it’s a lawyer. At least that’s how...

FUBAR Zoom Mediation:* A Field Guide for Mediators * “Fouled” Up Beyond All Recognition Almost all cases that are not...

This article first appeared on Urbas Arbitral, here. In North Pacific Properties Ltd v. Bethel United Churches of Jesus Christ Apostolic...

The Franklin County Municipal Court (FCMC), located in Columbus, Ohio offers online, text-message mediation.  This article highlights the data from...

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalConflict management can start as simply saying “hello”. As well as coaching individuals who are...

“Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to...

This post first appeared on the Herbert Smith Freehills Arbitration Notes blog, here. The Mediation in Arbitration Survey is now...

This article focuses on a specialized class of employment law and human rights issues where there an overlap exists between...

Many of you may know Josh Weiss as the Co-Founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and Senior...

Announcing a new project: Build the Toolbox. The purpose of this series will be to create a Toolbox of interactive...

Conflict is inevitable in the best of times and the easiest of circumstances. Human beings interacting with other human beings...

I recently conducted a Webinar interview with Sriram Panchu, one of India's leading mediators, on his experience using "virtual" mediation...

The structure and setting of dialogue sessions matter greatly in enabling better decision-making and outcomes. Poor preparation and facilitation can lead...

This is a personality test, just for those in the dispute resolution field. Because mediators deserve a personality test too.  Nowadays...

FLASHBACK July, 2019: I sit in my car, waiting another ten minutes before going in to mediate. I sip my...

Article originally published here.COVID-19 caused a surge in commercial and interpersonal conflict.  At the same time, courts are closed, halting...

INTRODUCTION As the world continues to grapple with racial injustice and unrest as masses of people from all ethnicities protest...

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”    Martin Luther King, Jr....

Pollack Peacebuilding by Jeremy Pollack Practicing effective communication is one of the most impactful ways to prevent conflict in the...

Full article including footnotes attached below. CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Voices from the Seven Continents of the...

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

Apologies for medical errors and poor medical outcomes are typically omitted from the  practice of medicine in the classic tort malpractice...

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

This article from Harvard's "The Practice," shines a light on ODR and its evolution using Colin Rule’s career as a...

Valerie lost power and squandered an opportunity to resolve the conflict when she replied, “That’s a bad idea, Paul; I...