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Do you often feel introverted, generally preferring to be in a small group of trusted friends than in a large...

Most settlement agreements provide that the entire action shall be dismissed and the court shall retain jurisdiction under Code of...

When you are deciding whether to use mediation to resolve your custody dispute, consider these alternatives. If you already have...

From the New York Times, a fascinating article about “prison consultants” and how they can help people heading to prison with sentencing...

Most settlement agreements provide that the entire action shall be dismissed and the court shall retain jurisdiction under Code of...

The coronavirus has led to inconvenience, case backlogs, and court closures across the nation. Yet thanks to Zoom and other...

Nondisparagement clauses are commonly used in settlement agreements. Some clauses are simple one-liners such as “The parties agree not to...

Many of you may know Josh Weiss as the Co-Founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and Senior...

This article has taken for its theme, the legal services to the rural poor and other disadvantaged groups. Particular reference...

INTRODUCTION Every successful negotiation requires that you have a sound strategy. In this article I will explain the steps that...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates, Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.In February, RSI Board Member Alyson...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleMany recent entertainment cases have involved claims of trademark infringement by film or television producers....

Mediation Case Law Revue with James Cobin, Hamline University School of Law Dispute Resolution Institute Thanks to: Minnesota State Bar...

Related Video 1. Consider the “law of unintended consequences”—what we sometimes think is good turns out differently and sometimes the...

The very essence of mediation [1] is voluntariness. It may, thus, appear inconsistent and inappropriate to ever consider judicially forcing...

The National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Maryland is the first acute health care institution in the nation to...

A successful mediation is one in which the parties reach an agreed resolution. The agreed resolution will not be the...

Privacy is often discussed in economic terms (retention, cost, scarcity, value, opportunity), yet economics is rarely part of the privacy...

INTRODUCTION Mediation finds wide application in resolving construction disputes. However, mediation is not aligned with corporate project teams that have,...

INTRODUCTION In helping couples to successfully negotiate the ending of their marital relationship, it is vital for the divorce professional...

My Position I believe that healing is an integration of all that you are, heart, body, mind, spirit and soul....

The medical malpractice crisis continues to affect access to liability insurance for physicians, and access to physicians for patients. Congress...

Had my first personal experience last week--after over three hundred mediations--at being accused of being biased, a mental aberration mediators...

ADR INSIGHTS – Published in Big News For Smaller Firms – Solo and Small Firm Section of the State Bar...

For over fifty years, psychologists have been researching how people form conclusions about their own thought processes and those of...

When Congress decided to include, as gross income, settlements made for "non-physical" injury torts, it reduced the value of such...

Narrative Mediation is a new approach to mediation that was spurned by Narrative Family Therapy, developed in the mid-1980s by...

The Vibrations of Conflict [Excerpted from Kenneth Cloke, The Magic of Mediation: A Guide to Transforming and Transcending Conflict (to...

The underpinnings for Diversity Resistance are a part of our human development (see part II ). Unfortunately, many of these...

You thought that last mediation stretched out longer than it should have? When the clock slipped past the one and...