If you’re a litigator, mediation is likely a large part of your practice. In many counties, mediation has to be a part of your practice given local rules. Mediation allows many of us to get cases resolved — often cases the parties thought probably had little chance of resolving at all, let alone six, 12 or 18 months before trial.
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Arthur Pearlstein points out courts' tolerance of frivolity and suggests that litigants should have to pay for those delayed court processes. If that shift occurred, private dispute resolution providers could...
By Arthur Pearlstein. Hi, my name is Clare Fowler and I’m here to tell you about Mediate.com. Mediate.com is, in short, “Everything Mediation.” Everything Mediation for both people considering mediation and for...
By Managing EditorInstitute for the Study of Conflict TransformationWould you be prepared to sit down in mediation with a work supervisor or fellow employee against whom you have felt obliged to lodge...
By John Peter Weldon