Making ADR mandatory does not guarantee that cases settle, but you do create more opportunities for the rational assessment of litigation risk and to agree on remedies that the courts cannot provide.
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Give a Reason for Every Number (right, the ultimate in lame reason giving: the dog ate my homework!) To reinforce anchoring and framing effects of first offers and offer-characterization, always...
By Victoria PynchonSummary: As of January 1, 1998, mediation law across seven different California codes is repealed, amended and unified into a new Evidence Code chapter. It governs mediation in the fields...
By Ron Kelly - Arbitrator, Mediator, TrainerJoan Kelly talks about the central themes of her book, "Surviving the Break-Up". These include: impacts on children of different ages, impacts on the parents, reactions to the visiting relationship...
By Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D.
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