International Mediation Updates
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May 2011 |
- The Council of Ministers in Spain has approved and will send to Parliament legislation to introduce mediation in civil and mercantile matters. La Moncloa (April 8, 2011)
- Adopting workplace mediation in the U.K. significantly reduces costs, as well as improves employee relations. People Management Magazine Online (March 11, 2011)
- Lawyers in Italy went on a week-long national strike to protest the implementation of mandatory mediation in the country, seeking to make mediation optional and to require technical (lawyer) assistance in mediation. Law Forward (March 17, 2011)
- The northernmost state in India, Jammu and Kashmir, broke ground on its second mediation center, with the Chief Justice promoting mediation as an important means to avoid judicial backlogs. IBN Live News (March 25, 2011)
- India has created seven Indirect Tax Ombudsmen to mediate and use other mechanisms to resolve grievances over customs, excise and service taxes with government departments. The Hindu (April 1, 2011)
- The Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre has been established to resolve disputes through both arbitration and mediation, which may help attract foreign investment. The Financial Express (April 10, 2011)
- The People’s Mediation Law, enacted last year in China, is intended to enhance democracy at the grassroots level, according to a Chinese lawmaker; China has over 4.9 million mediators and handled over 7 million disputes in 2010, with a resolution rate of 97%. CriEnglish.com (March 10, 2011)
- More than 20 years after it was first proposed, Korea enacts legislation to resolve medical malpractice disputes through alternative dispute resolution; law takes effect in April 2012. The Korea Times (April 6, 2011); Donga.com (March 12, 2011)
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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