International Mediation Developments
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March 2010 |
International Mediation Developments
- Association of Arrears Mediators founded in the U.K. by five leading mortgage and loan arrears mediation companies. My Introducer.com (January 21, 2010)
- Armenia’s Financial System Mediator reports success in its first year of mediating between financial organizations and customers. Armenia Now (January 25, 2010)
- Sierra Leone begins Community Mediation Programme with 18-month pilot projects in an urban and a rural chiefdom in both a northern and a southern province. AllAfrica (January 28, 2010) (Subscription Required)
- South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) caseload is increasing steadily to over 140,000 cases in fiscal year 2008-09. Busrep.co.za (February 8, 2010)
- India’s Bangalore Mediation Centre has a settlement rate in excess of 60% and plans to expand its mediation model of using experienced lawyers rather than judges as mediators. Express Buzz.com (January 25, 2010); Hindu (January 28, 2010) (Subscription Required)
- China has resolved hundreds of cross-Straits lawsuits involving Taiwan businesses and residents since opening the first court for such cases in March 2009, with 80% of cases settled through mediation. CRI English.com (February 13, 2010)
- Significant movement toward mediation in New Zealand seen in both civil and criminal justice systems, such as dispute resolution provisions in the Financial Service Providers Act which take effect later this year. Scoop (January 14, 2010)
- World Bank’s IFC helps establish mediation in the Solomon Islands through workshop for court and consulting with other groups. Finchannel.com (January 23, 2010)
Biography
Keith L. Seat is a full-time mediator and arbitrator who can effectively assist parties in resolving a wide range of telecommunications, antitrust and other commercial disputes. With over twenty years of legal experience as a mediator, arbitrator, litigator, advocate before executive branch agencies, and key staffer in the legislative and judicial branches, Mr. Seat brings a wealth of experience to his work as a mediator and arbitrator to help parties reach successful resolutions of complex disputes.
Mr. Seat began his legal career in a federal clerkship with U.S. District Judge William H. Becker, and then litigated antitrust and commercial disputes for many years at a major Washington law firm, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, where he first worked on telecom and technology issues. In 1993, Mr. Seat was named General Counsel of the Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where he served for four years, playing a significant role in the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Returning to the private sector in 1997, Mr. Seat rounded out his experience with a senior in-house counsel position at MCI, one of the nation’s largest telecommunications firms. At MCI, he gained a first-hand appreciation for the important perspective brought to issues and disputes by in-house decision-makers. Mr. Seat also deepened his knowledge of telecom issues and gained experience addressing competition-related issues in the corporate setting, as well as helping resolve disputes among large organizations.
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