Category: Negotiation

In this episode, Julie Macfarlane--researcher, mediator, and educator--discusses the misuse of NDAs and what mediators can do to responsibly facilitate...

In this episode,  Jay Santiago--attorney, mediator, and arbitrator--provides an overview of the Singapore Convention on Mediation, its implications for international...

One of the biggest challenges we face as dispute resolvers is helping our parties understand the choices they face in...

INTRODUCTION For many, especially those new to the process of settling legal disputes, negotiations across the mediation table are like...

Who knew the Academy Awards would need a mediator? For those that missed it, at the Oscars on Sunday night,...

This video and article look at important NDA questions for dispute resolution professionals to consider. https://youtu.be/7Vl8AuJBWgM Mediate.com and Arbitrate.com believe...

The January 2022 issue of Dispute Resolution Magazine’s survey of past contributors prompted me to write a three-part series of...

Our February 2022 Book Club gathering was with Moshe Cohen about his book "Collywobbles: How to Negotiate When Negotiating Makes...

From the Indisputably blog This post is prompted by an article by Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman, We’re Still Asking the Wrong Question...

Every ending is just a new beginning. We just don’t know it at the time.  Mediators inhabit this strange world...

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalWhen someone or something hurts or angers you, is there a value in venting? Some...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackOne would think that the ability to look through either the Hubble or James...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris Poole Most people see the new year as an opportunity to take stock and recommit...

Covid-19 certainly does exasperate the challenge of co-parenting post-separation. Co-parents regularly face a number of stressors related to their interpersonal...

I.      Into the Fray   The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem....

Well, this looks like about as far as the digging goes. Traditional mediation is raised up.  Now what?  Was it...

When mandatory mediation was introduced in Ontario 27 years ago it was heralded as visionary as it offered many necessary...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris Poole Is the legal profession in fact a noble profession? Some may even wonder if...

A surprising outcome that is noteworthy for Divorcing (or Divorced) Couples seeking to use Life Insurance Proceeds to assist their...

Published by Advanced Mediation Solutions.At the outset of the Covid-19 outbreak, many experts predicted a sharp increase in divorce rates....

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.This article is part of a series...

This article describes a private reflective exercise that may be helpful in assessing your current state of readiness to mediate...

IndisputablyOut of the blue, I got an email from Peter Phillips saying, “John, just a note to report how much...

It looks like we’re coming to the end of this dig.  I can see a part of the canister holding the...

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalI read an article recently by McKinley Valentine about conversational styles for first dates or...

Also known as the 95 percent law, Peter Sage calls it the law of conformity.  If you hang out with...

Have you been wanting to up-level your negotiation skills and wondering how to control your emotions during a difficult conversation...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleIn this podcast, JAMS neutral Michael Lewis; Carl Smallwood, executive director of the Divided Community...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackIn December 2020. I posted the following blog. Little did we all know then,...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.This article is part of a series...