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A Primer on Remedies in Arbitration author.

A Primer on Remedies in Arbitration

Background This article provides information on various types of remedies that may be available during arbitration. While it is impossible...

By Earlene Baggett-Hayes
Mediating First-Party Property Cases: Navigating the Storm of Coverage, Causation, and Emotion author.

Mediating First-Party Property Cases: Navigating the Storm of Coverage, Causation, and Emotion

With hurricane season starting in Florida where I am, I thought it might be germane to talk about First-party property...

By Ed Timken
Another Niche for Mediators: Mastering the Franchise Mediation Landscape author.

Another Niche for Mediators: Mastering the Franchise Mediation Landscape

If you are feeling the squeeze of the 80/20 rule in the general commercial Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) market, the...

By Ed Timken
Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stanford Law School and ODR.com Advance Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Case Resolution System author.

Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stanford Law School and ODR.com Advance Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Case Resolution System

Next Steps in Groundbreaking Partnership Seek to Unlock the Potential of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) The Superior Court of Los...

By Colin Rule
The Economic Illusion of Mandatory Mediation: Market Realities and Jurisprudential Limits in the Court System author.

The Economic Illusion of Mandatory Mediation: Market Realities and Jurisprudential Limits in the Court System

Introduction to the Paradox of Mandatory Voluntariness The architecture of the modern civil justice system is increasingly defined not by...

By Ed Timken
DARVO: Narrative and Counter-Narrative in Conflict Escalation author.

DARVO: Narrative and Counter-Narrative in Conflict Escalation

DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It is a recognizable rhetorical sequence in modern conflict engagement...

By John Potter
Professionalism in ADR-The Professional Mediation Advocate  author.

Professionalism in ADR-The Professional Mediation Advocate 

I have observed advocates and mediators who are the epitome of professionals. From them I’ve learned what professionalism looks like in the practice of...

By Mike Leib
Mediate.com Podcast: Avoiding Online ADR Scammers, with Arbitrator and Mediator Julie M. Walker author.

Mediate.com Podcast: Avoiding Online ADR Scammers, with Arbitrator and Mediator Julie M. Walker

On this episode, Colin Rule speaks with Julie M. Walker, an experienced arbitrator and mediator from Denver, Colorado, about a...

By Colin Rule
The Court ODR Podcast: Envisioning AI-powered Small Claims – with Sateesh Nori, Senior Legal Innovation Strategist at Just-Tech author.

The Court ODR Podcast: Envisioning AI-powered Small Claims – with Sateesh Nori, Senior Legal Innovation Strategist at Just-Tech

In this episode, Colin chats with Sateesh Nori, a lawyer, law professor, and author on the leading edge of AI...

By Colin Rule
How the AAA’s® AI Arbitrator Keeps Humans in the Loop author.

How the AAA’s® AI Arbitrator Keeps Humans in the Loop

Full information on the AAA AI Arbitrator is here. What does “AI arbitrator” really mean? At the American Arbitration Association®...

By Bridget McCormack
ICODR Podcast 39: Rory Kingan, CEO of Eperoto, on Building Legal Software for Decision Analysis author.

ICODR Podcast 39: Rory Kingan, CEO of Eperoto, on Building Legal Software for Decision Analysis

In this episode, Ian speaks with Rory Kingan, CEO of Eperoto, a legal tech company based in Sweden that helps...

By Ian MacDuff
An AI Arbitrator! The Latest Innovations from the American Arbitration Association (video) author.

An AI Arbitrator! The Latest Innovations from the American Arbitration Association (video)

Nearly two years ago on this podcast, we discussed the American Arbitration Association’s innovation initiatives – and specifically its embrace...

By Bridget McCormack, Diana Didia
ICODR Podcast 38: Sara Hourani on Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Arbitration author.

ICODR Podcast 38: Sara Hourani on Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Arbitration

In this episode, Ian interviews Dr. Sara Hourani, a Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, Middlesex University...

By Ian MacDuff
AAAi Podcast 14 with Podcast host and founder of Creative Lawyers Jennifer Leonard author.

AAAi Podcast 14 with Podcast host and founder of Creative Lawyers Jennifer Leonard

In Episode 14 of the AAAi Podcast, AAA President & CEO Bridget McCormack and Legally Disrupted’s Zach Abramowitz sit down...

By Jen Leonard, Bridget McCormack, Zach Abramowitz
FutureDR.org: AI is Here to Stay author.

FutureDR.org: AI is Here to Stay

On June 10, 2025 I was very fortunate to attend the AAA/ICDR’s second Future DR conference at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands (the...

By Colin Rule
NCSC and AAA® Launch AI-Enhanced Court Diversion Platform author.

NCSC and AAA® Launch AI-Enhanced Court Diversion Platform

Court Diversion Eligibility Screener increases access to justice, preserves judicial resources, and helps streamline civil caseload management NEW YORK (June...

By Bridget McCormack
Responsible Realism About Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Shaping Legal and Dispute Resolution Practice, Education & Scholarship author.

Responsible Realism About Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Shaping Legal and Dispute Resolution Practice, Education & Scholarship

Abstract This article synthesizes the views of legal scholars examining how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting legal and dispute...

By John Lande
The Court ODR Podcast: The Evolution of Court ODR with JJ Prescott, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan author.

The Court ODR Podcast: The Evolution of Court ODR with JJ Prescott, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan

In this episode of the Court ODR Podcast, Colin Rule interviews J.J. Prescott, the Henry King Ransom Professor of Law at the...

By Colin Rule
“Purposeful Expectations”  author.

“Purposeful Expectations” 

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. (Lewis Carroll) This paraphrasing of Alice in Wonderland’s conversation between...

By Harold Coleman
Review of Michigan Appellate Decisions Concerning Arbitration author.

Review of Michigan Appellate Decisions Concerning Arbitration

Introduction This article is the second of two parts reviewing select Michigan appellate cases concerning arbitration. Michigan Court of Appeals-Published...

By Lee Hornberger
The Court ODR Podcast with Colin Rule Episode #1: Change Your Language – Interview with Katherine Alteneder Mills author.

The Court ODR Podcast with Colin Rule Episode #1: Change Your Language – Interview with Katherine Alteneder Mills

In depth interviews with leading thinkers focused on how Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) tools and techniques can help courts and...

By Colin Rule
A New Direction for Mediation at the AAA® author.

A New Direction for Mediation at the AAA®

An interview with Tracey Frisch, division vice president of mediation, conducted by Adam Shoneck, vice president of business development for...

By Tracey Frisch
Michael Leathes – Memorial Live Stream – 14th March, 2025 author.

Michael Leathes – Memorial Live Stream – 14th March, 2025

Live stream of the Michael Leathes Memorial Event which took place at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK on March 14th,...

By Michael Leathes, Jim Melamed
Ensuring Procedural Fairness: A Case Study of Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association v. Toronto Metropolitan University author.

Ensuring Procedural Fairness: A Case Study of Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association v. Toronto Metropolitan University

The principles of independence and impartiality are fundamental to procedural fairness in workplace investigations. The arbitration decision in Toronto Metropolitan...

By Aaron Sidhu, Jessie Sidhu
Adverse Inferences in Arbitration author.

Adverse Inferences in Arbitration

Use of adverse inferences is alive and well in labor arbitration. Introduction This is an overview of adverse inferences in...

By Lee Hornberger
ODR Forum: ODR and the Courts (video) author.

ODR Forum: ODR and the Courts (video)

Moderator: Colin Rule -- Speakers: Mrs. Simmi K. Sandhu; Mr. Nicolas Lozada; Prof. Michael Fang; and Prof. Jeremy Barnett. Moderator...

By Colin Rule
AAAi Podcast – Episode 8 – David Lat, Founder Original Jurisdiction author.

AAAi Podcast – Episode 8 – David Lat, Founder Original Jurisdiction

Bridget and Zach talk with David Lat, founder of Original Jurisdiction and Above the Law. David shares what lawyers’ lawyers...

By Bridget McCormack, Zach Abramowitz
ICODR Podcast 32: Professor Ayelet Sela of Bar Ilan University on ODR for Self-Represented Individuals author.

ICODR Podcast 32: Professor Ayelet Sela of Bar Ilan University on ODR for Self-Represented Individuals

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian speaks with Ayelet Sela, lecturer at the Faculty of Law in Bar...

By Ian MacDuff
Streamlining Insolvency Through Mediation in India: Key Takeaways From The IBBI’s 2024 Report author.

Streamlining Insolvency Through Mediation in India: Key Takeaways From The IBBI’s 2024 Report

In a pioneering move, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has proposed incorporating a voluntary mediation framework into the...

By Pitamber Yadav, Sanyam Gupta

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