This Week in Mediation #804

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• Have Faith in Another’s Honesty!
  Phyllis Pollack
• Texas Resort And Spa To Pay Over $2.5 Million In National Origin Discrimination Suit
  Emma Hartman
• Worry About Hornets
  Ron Kraybill

• Canada: When Is Mediation Mandatory? A Comparative Analysis Of Mandatory Mediation Across Canada
  Mediations, both court mandated and ad hoc, play a crucial role in our nation's litigation process. Over 90% of litigated matters will eventually come to some form of settlement prior to trial and mediations are a large part of that.
• Gender discrimination suit will move to mandatory mediation
  Chester. Lori Streichert, a former employee of the Chester Recreation Department, is suing the town for allegedly treating her unfairly in their hiring and salary decisions.
• Five Reasons Why Mediation Needs to be Mandatory
  Ever since HR adopted mediation 30 years’ ago, there’s been a sacred principle that it should always be a voluntary offer. If it’s not voluntary then somehow it’s a breach of employee rights.
• Shot couple back in court after mediation
  A couple who police shot during an erotic Saints and Sinners themed party at a Melbourne nightclub will return to court after a mediation..
• Weighing up litigation, arbitration and mediation
  There is a time and a place and a method for resolving every dispute. After all, every problem has a solution, however intractable or difficult it may seem.

• Arbitration Specialist - TX
• Case Manager - CA
• Workers Comp Coordinator PA
• Associate Mediation Council - CA
• Adjunct Professor of Law -  Mediation -  CA
• Mediator - Locations vary
• Case Manager / General Manager - NV

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• November 14 - ONLINE - IOA Live Webinar: In the Room Where it Happens: Inside Ombuds Practices
• November 14-15 - Corte Madera CA - Advanced Mediation Training with Steven Rosenburg
• November 14-16 - Nashville TN - 5th Annual Fall Professional Skills Program
• November 15-16 - San Diego CA - Advanced Family Mediation Training with Woody Mosten
• November 15-16 - Houston TX - ABA Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Institute
• November 18 - Toronto, ONT - FDRIO Annual Conference - Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario
• November 18 - New Delhi INDIA -The India International Dispute Meet
• November 18 - Austin Area TX - Mediators & Arbitrators of America (aka Mediators of Texas)
• November 18-22 - Macon GA - Civil Mediation Training & Practicum
• November 18-22 - ONLINE - CYBERWEEK 2019 - Register for FREE!
• November 19 - ONLINE - Managing Climate Crisis Conflicts: A Decade of MBBI Work in the UN Climate Change Negotiations
• November 18-22 - Macon GA - Civil Mediation Training & Practicum
• November 19-20 - Austin Area TX - 20 Hour Child Protective Services Mediation Training
• November 19-22 - Toronto ON Canada - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• November 21-23 - Toronto ON Canada - Learn to Meet & Interview Children for ADR: 12 Step VCR (Reports)
• November 21 - Houston TX - Arbitration Training in Houston’s Uptown-Galleria
• November 22-23 - Houston TX - Elder and Adult Family Mediation Training
• December 2-6 - Austin Area TX - 40 Basic Mediation Training
• December 2-6 - Atlanta GA - 40 Hour Basic Mediation Skills Course
• December 2-6 - College Park MD - 40-Hour Mediation Training
• December 3-10 - ONLINE - Power Balancing-NOT
• December 5-6 - Malibu CA - Women's Negotiation Academy: Creating Skilled and Sophisticated Negotiators
• December 5 - ONLINE - Co-creating Mediation Models: Adapting Mediation Practices When Working Across Cultures
• December 6-7 - Honolulu HI - Mediation and Conflict Management Master Class
• December 9-13 - Baltimore MD - December 40-Hour Basic Mediation & Conflict Transformation Skills Training
• December 10-13 - Gatineau QB CANADA - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop (French)
• December 16-18 - Austin Area TX - 30 Hour Advanced Mediation Training

Editors: Jim Melamed and Clare Fowler. We welcome comments and feedback. Send your comments to editor@mediate.com. 

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