This article first appeared in the April 2005 issue of the Newsletter of the Mediation Committee of the Legal Practice...
By Eric van Ginkel
FOUR REASONS BUSINESS DISPUTE DO NOT SETTLE AT MEDIATION Business executives are supposed to be creatures of logic, carefully weighing...
By Max Factor IIIFlorida Dispute Resolution Center, The Resolution Report, Volume 19, Number 1, June 2004 Effective July 1, 2004, most mediations conducted...
By Sharon Press
It is uncertain whether, the Dodgers hopes of a winning season may have come to an end with the injury...
By Elizabeth Moreno
We granted review in this case to consider the scope of Evidence Code section 1119, subdivision (b),[1]which provides: “No writing,...
By The Supreme Court of California CourtPrivacy is often discussed in economic terms (retention, cost, scarcity, value, opportunity), yet economics is rarely part of the privacy...
By TJ Costello
Questions re: Which Standards of Ethical Practice Govern Mediators’ Conduct Q 1: National Ethical Standards: What are the applicable National...
By Max Factor III
The mediation community is a-buzz. Should mediation confidentiality be allowed to cause harm to innocent third parties who were neither...
By Max Factor IIILOS ANGELES - The Southern California Mediation Association ("SCMA") announced (May 22, 2003) its historic, first-ever filing of an Amicus...
By Southern California Mediation Association
Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal Number 4, Spring 2002, pp. 3-11Wherever choices exist, there is potential for disagreement....
By Gregorio Billikopf
A minor tremor threatened California’s sacred mediation confidentiality laws recently that has the mediation community running for shelter. The case,...
By Jeffrey Krivis
Rojas v. Superior Court (Coffin) (2002) , Cal.App.4th [No. B158391. Second Dist., Div. Seven. Oct. 10, 2002.] GENOVEVA ROJAS et...
By Managing Editor
"Republished online with the permission of the NIU Law Review." I t has been a unique opportunity to serve, on...
By Gregory Firestone
"Loosing confidentiality is like loosing virginity: it happens only once." (Eric Galton, Representing Clients in Mediation, American Lawyer Media, L.P....
By John Bosnak
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT IN RE: ANONYMOUS, Respondents. OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT No. 01-9543 MEDIATOR...
By Managing Editor
Prepared for the Practising Law Institute, March 18-19, 2002, New York This article provides an overview of the Uniform Mediation...
By Luis Miguel Diaz, Nancy Oretskin
The Uniform Mediation Act is now being introduced in state legislatures. In every state there are Uniform Law Commissioners, whose...
By Ron Kelly
Links to: Initial IAM Communication opposing the UMA Initial UMA Committee Response ABA Approved UMA Most Recent UMA Committee Communication...
By Nancy H. Rogers, Richard C. Reuben
Links to: Initial IAM Letter Opposing UMA Initial UMA Committee Response Most Recent UMA Committee Response ABA Passed UMA Most...
By Managing Editor
POSITIVE OR CLARIFYING FEATURES COMPARED TO EXISTING LAW 1) Section 8. Confidentiality This provision does not generally exist as a...
By Robert Creo
Drafted by the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS and by it APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED FOR ENACTMENT IN...
By Managing Editor
1. Policy. To assure a work environment that is conductive to the delivery of high quality patient services, VISN X...
By Department of Veteran Afffairs VA
Increasingly organizations are making use of mediation to resolve disputes between employees. Whether mediation is offered by an internal peer...
By John Ford
The final draft of the Uniform Mediation Act has been adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State...
By Robert Benjamin
Cartoon IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOXGATE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BRAMALEA CALIFORNIA, INC., et al.,...
By The Supreme Court of California Court
PRELIMINARY DRAFT ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR MEDIATORS IN COURT-CONNECTED MEDIATION PROGRAMS FOR CIVIL CASES 1. PREAMBLE These standards are intended to...
By Alan WienerFull PDF Version Introduction. The subject of the document is confidentiality, which is a critical component of a successful ADR...
By Federal Alternative Dispute Resolution Council
The February, 2001 draft of the proposed Uniform Mediation Act defines mediation as a process in which a mediator facilitates...
By Susan DearbornUNIFORM MEDIATION ACT Interim Draft February 20, 2001 SECTION 1. TITLE. This [Act] may be cited as the Uniform Mediation...
By UMA Committee
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW FINDING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Language and Cultural Barriers Unfamiliarity Government Approaches Substantive Legal Rules PURSUING TECHNOLOGICAL...
By Managing Editor
