Category: Legislation

Published with permission from the Detroit Legal News.“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”  The author...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn 2018, the California  Supreme Court  drastically changed the employment law landscape in California...

This article is meant to ease the beginning of a thoughtful and deliberative process involving the parties and investor states,...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris Poole A practicing mediator and retired judge explains why mediation may be a better option...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly HayesThe Northern District of Illinois has ordered a proposed class action...

Why use judges to mediate? This is a frequent question and an understandable one, given the relatively high cost of...

New Law. On January 1, a new California law will take effect. It will require a lawyer to make sure...

Dispute Settlement Counselby Michael Zeytoonian.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. – Matthew 5:9 Earlier...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.As I mentioned last month, I...

Indisputably “About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and...

IndisputablyIn a recent post, I described the intense stress that individual and organizational litigants often undergo as a result of...

You have met them if you have been mediating for any length of time. They enter the room with a...

Indisputably I thought that teaching the Kavanaugh hearings in a careful and respectful manner a few weeks ago would be the...

Business Conflict Blog by Peter Phillips It’s not often that an excellent court simply misconstrues — or worse ignores —...

Dispute Settlement Counselby Michael Zeytoonian. Collaborate. Collaboration. Collaborative. In the business world, in medicine, high technology, healthcare, engineering, education, aeronautics,...

When mandatory child custody mediation was enacted into California law in 1981, there was great hope that this new way...

On September 11, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed  SB 954 which (when it takes effect on January 1, 2019) will...

Dispute Settlement Counselby Michael Zeytoonian. You have been wronged or wrongly accused of something and you are upset about it. You...

Review Part 1 here. The Mediator and the Cost All who work in the field of child protection pay a...

IndisputablyThe trial of Paul Manafort, which began on 7/31/18, is a good illustration of an important value of trials. A...

Introduction Since 1992, the Santa Clara County (Calif.),1 Juvenile Dependency Court has utilized confidential mediation as an integral part of...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly HayesThe Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in another arbitration case.  In Henry...

This article discusses the successful innovative approaches that SoCal Family Mediators have developed. Great mediators are negotiators of acumen, surrogate...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleExcept in “bet the company” circumstances, extensive discovery, dispositive motions, expert reports, and hearing costs...

Originally published on Harvard Law School's Forum. Despite vigorous attempts, through judicial decisions, [1] and legislative provision on forum selection and fee...

Meredith Mediates by Meredith RichardsonI sat down with Jill Boynton of Cornerstone Financial Planning to find out. Alimony Currently, the person...

From ADRAC- The Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council Blog, organized with Shirli Kirschner This paper was settled jointly by the members of...

Introduction Most of our conflicts and disputes are easily resolved; however, sometimes we need the help of a professional. Professionals...

Business Conflict Blog by Peter PhillipsThanks to Loyola Prof. Imre Szalai for bringing to our attention the interesting Ninth Circuit decision in Breazeale...

IndisputablyOut of the blue, I got an email from a student at my university who I had never met.  She...