The Mediate.com Weekly

In This Issue:

• Court’s Disposition Final, Despite Tentative Settlement
• Mediation Given Key Role in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
• Maryland Expands Mediation Confidentiality Coverage
• California Legislation Would Add Legal Malpractice Exception to Strict Mediation Confidentiality Statute
• Canada Allows Banks to Use Private Mediators in Client Disputes
• Corporate Mediation Representation Service Launched 
  

• What is arbitration? You sign away rights. Is that OK?
• To arbitrate or mediate, that is the question
• Mediation program for New Orleans police, citizen disagreements is in the works
• Consumer bureau probes arbitration clauses in financial products
• Abu Dhabi gets sport arbitration court
• Arbitrator to Hear Artist's Plea Over Airport Sculpture
• MLB fires arbitrator from Braun case
• German solar subsidies bill to go before mediation committee
• Mediation in Zehm multi-million lawsuit scheduled to begin Monday
• Report: John Travolta lawsuit headed to secret mediation
• BC: Couples 'Mediation' Sounds Friendlier but Can Be Dangerous
• Salisbury University conducts study of use of mediation by judiciary
• Why mediation can be a good thing
• McMinnville bumps mediation funding
• Syria frees Turkish journalists after Iranian mediation
• Washington Police Union Will Start Mediation Monday
• Mediation project grows after start in Nanaimo
• UCSB Extension Mediator Provides Prisoners with Tools for Peace
• Court rules foreclosure mediation records not public
• Hong Kong: Opening remarks by SJ at "Mediate First" conference
• Guinea-Bissau junta, mediators agree on interim president
• Fremont plans mediation before reservoir contract decision
• Personnel Today: Why mediation matters

• Experts
  by Diane Cohen
• Poor Behavior 11: Having Unrealistic Expectations
  by Vivian Scott
• How Good Emailing Can Improve Relationships
  by Susanna Jani
• Judge and Mediator-- Big Brother?
  by Clare Fowler
• How to Cure Beef in Your Apartment
  by Brad Heckman
• Mediating the Four Meanings in a Message
  by Nadja Alexander
• Real Knowledge is to Know the Extent of One's Ignorance
  by Lily Ng
• AudioBlog: So You Need to Mediate, HELP! Now What? 
  by Pattie Porter

• Peace Alliance Managing Director – DC
• Principal Ombuds – TX
• HR/Ombuds – OH
• Mediation Adjunct Instructor – IA
• Ombudsman/Mediator – CA
• Mediation Development Assistant – Brooklyn NY
• Peace Institute President – DC
• Directory of Operations – NY

• May 18-20 – Asheville NC – Divorce Mediation Institute
• May 19-20 – Eugene OR – Restorative Justice Mediation
• May 19 – Chevy Chase MD – Listening, Communication and the Brain
• May 19 – Los Angeles CA – Legal and Insurance Terms of Art and Settlement Strategies with Lee Jay Berman
• May 21-25 – Grand Forks ND – Civility in Public Conversation
• May 22 – Ann Arbor MI – Great Meetings Facilitator Workshop
• May 29-30 – Grand Forks ND – Developing Emotional Intelligence
• May 31 – Florence IN – ADR Bootcamp
• June 1-2 – San Rafael CA – Avoid Impasses with the B E A R Process
• June 1 – San Francisco – Second Annual San Francisco Peacemaker Awards
• June 4-6 – Macon GA – Domestic and Family Mediation Training
• June 6-9 – Chicago IL – AFCC 49th Annual Conference
• June 6-10 – Orlando – Divorce Mediation Training
• June 7-16 – Victor NY – Family & Divorce Mediation Training
• June 10-12 – Chicago – Elder Mediation Training with Zena Zumeta
• June 12-16 – Los Angeles CA – Mediating Commercial and Litigated Cases with Lee Jay Berman
• June 13-19 – Salt Lake City – 40-hour Basic Mediation Training
• June 14-17 – Bend OR – Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance Mediation Training
• June 16-24 – San Francisco CA – Ron’s Mediation Certificate Training at BASF
• June 18-22 – Colorado Springs CO – 40-hour Basic Mediation Training
• June 21-23 – Medford OR - Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance Mediation Training
• June 21-23 – Malibu CA – 25th Annual Summer Professional Skills Program in Dispute Resolution

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

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