Category: Legislation

Mediation Blog by Diane CohenWow! I’ve been overwhelmed with work and haven’t posted in months. But I’m back now and...

Originally printed on Lexology September, 2012We have recently undertaken a survey on workplace mediation in association with Alison Love an...

Arbitration BlogA week ago today, it was my privilege to participate in the annual UNCITRAL/VIAC/YAAP Joint Conference, addressing hot topics...

ADR Prof Blog by Andrea Schneider, Michael Moffitt, Sarah Cole,Art Hinshaw, Jill Gross and Cynthia Alkon. At the 2012 AALS...

Business Conflict Blog by Peter Phillips The current issue of IBA Global Insight (Feb/March 2013) features an excellent article by...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates,Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.In an appellate mediation over the fate...

In Fair v. Bakhtiari, 19 Cal.Rptr.3d 591 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004) the appellate course reversed the trial court's refusal to...

It is a difficult task comparing the cost of using Small Claims Court versus Mediation to resolve a dispute since...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. Pollack On January 11, 2013, I posted a blog entitled “A Mediator’s Wish List”...

Introduction As a practicing family law attorney for 18 years I have participated in many temporary orders mediations in divorce...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleNot long ago, I conducted a mediation involving a serious personal injury. Given its severity,...

Imagine for a moment that mediation is a product—a stain remover—that can be purchased from any supermarket. Almost all who...

Litigation, including arbitration, is not far removed from warfare as illustrated by Napoleon’s invasion of Russia 200 years ago. The...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleThe U.S. District Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) hears the most complex federal multidistrict cases....

Business Conflict Blog by Peter Phillips Some of us have been at the task of providing alternatives to business litigation...

In response to brutal budget cuts, the Los Angeles Superior Court is going on life-support at the same time as...

One of the most important aspects of our system of justice is access to the means to achieve a just...

It is good to combat social ills (terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery and piracy), but we need to do more. There...

Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog by John BrattThere has been some controversy recently in the community of Maryland lawyers who handle...

Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog by John BrattA poll recently released by the Defense Research Institute found that an overwhelming majority...

This article is part of a panel presentation, “Is Mediation Overused?” with Elden Rosenthal and Richard G. Spier, prepared for...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly Hayes  The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced...

In Nemecek & Cole v. Horn B233274 2d District July 23, 2012 the court rejected arguments by the losing party...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly Hayes Professor S.I. Strong (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted ...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleCredit card companies and the banks that issue the cards have agreed to pay merchants...

Someone recently told me that you can’t argue with a story, only with a position or another argument. That’s why...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. Pollack On February 23, 2012, Assembly Bill 2025 (ab_2025_bill_20120223_introduced) was introduced in the California...

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

On January 1, 2011 the Russia Duma implemented a Federal law that established a mediation program for settling civil disputes...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly Hayes The University of Michigan Health System implemented a system to...