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Guidance for AI Usage – from the ODR Forum 2026 author.

Guidance for AI Usage – from the ODR Forum 2026

This session from the 2026 Global ODR Forum is entited "Applying ODR Standards: Guidance for AI Usage for Human Third...

By Daniel Rainey, Leah Wing
Colin Rule Documentary Interview author.

Colin Rule Documentary Interview

This is the video recording of Colin Rule, CEO of Mediate.com and ODR.com, for the "Can ODR Change the World...

By Colin Rule, Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis
AI, ADR and the Future of Dispute Resolution author.

AI, ADR and the Future of Dispute Resolution

Why JAMS introduced AI Rules and launched its Technology Industry Group Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how businesses operate,...

By Kim Taylor
The AAAi Standards for Use of AI in ADR author.

The AAAi Standards for Use of AI in ADR

The American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (AAA-ICDR®) has published new AAAi Standards for AI in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). They...

By Bridget McCormack, Colin Rule
Agreement to Mediate That Incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use author.

Agreement to Mediate That Incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use

Introduction: The following Agreement to Mediate updates previous iterations by directly addressing the use of Artificial Intelligence in mediation for...

By Jim Melamed
International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) Standards author.

International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) Standards

With the rapid growth of ODR in a number of sectors it is vital to establish ethical standards to undergird...

By Colin Rule
AI, Confidentiality, and Privacy Risks in Mediation and Arbitration author.

AI, Confidentiality, and Privacy Risks in Mediation and Arbitration

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday ADR practice. Mediators and arbitrators now encounter AI tools in document review,...

By Robert Bergman
When Mediators Don’t Walk Our Talk: The Gap Between Knowing Better and Doing Better author.

When Mediators Don’t Walk Our Talk: The Gap Between Knowing Better and Doing Better

The setup Succession was never just a TV show about which Roy child would inherit the corner office. It was...

By Sam Imperati
I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It. author.

I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It.

I have known Colin Rule for more than twenty years.  During that time, I knew that he had done a...

By John Lande
Is the AI Governance Problem Really a Human Governance Problem? author.

Is the AI Governance Problem Really a Human Governance Problem?

The dominant way people talk about artificial intelligence, especially lately after the explosion of generative models and the uneasy scramble...

By Robert Bergman
The ICODR Podcast Episode 46: The 2026 ODR Forum, with Colin Rule author.

The ICODR Podcast Episode 46: The 2026 ODR Forum, with Colin Rule

In this episode, Ian speaks with Colin Rule, CEO of ODR.com, about the upcoming ODR2026.org conference taking place on June 11, 2026 (also...

By Colin Rule, Ian MacDuff
Privacy Regulations for Users of AI Models: A Free Practitioner’s Field Manual author.

Privacy Regulations for Users of AI Models: A Free Practitioner’s Field Manual

Robert Bergman is CEO of Southwest Management Technology and Next Level Mediation. Every conversation I have with a compliance officer...

By Robert Bergman
The Preemption Gambit: Why the SECURE Data Act Could Erase 21 State Privacy Laws Overnight author.

The Preemption Gambit: Why the SECURE Data Act Could Erase 21 State Privacy Laws Overnight

There are two ways to read the SECURE Data Act, introduced in the House yesterday. The first way: as a...

By Robert Bergman
The Privacy Patchwork in 2026 author.

The Privacy Patchwork in 2026

What Compliance-Oriented Teams in Legal, Healthcare, and Finance Actually Need to Watch A few weeks ago, a colleague on our...

By Robert Bergman
Guidance for Third Parties Using Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution: Applying the Online Dispute Resolution Standards author.

Guidance for Third Parties Using Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution: Applying the Online Dispute Resolution Standards

The National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) and the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) announce the issuance of a...

By Colin Rule
AI in Legal Practice: What Heppner v. US Means for Lawyers, Mediators, and Arbitrators author.

AI in Legal Practice: What Heppner v. US Means for Lawyers, Mediators, and Arbitrators

For the sake of transparency and self-protection, let me start by saying I am not an attorney, and I am...

By Robert Bergman
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 International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) author.

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

The International Association of Privacy Professionals is a global membership organization focused on privacy, data protection, and AI governance. It...

By Robert Bergman
Review of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist author.

Review of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

To be clear, I have far more experience with AI than with reviewing movies, which may explain both the insight...

By Robert Bergman
Online Dispute Resolution, AI, and Access to Family Law Justice author.

Online Dispute Resolution, AI, and Access to Family Law Justice

We have expressed concern with Access to Justice in Family Law for years; since the turn of the century.  ...

By Jim Williams
Finding Pathways through Polarizing Times author.

Finding Pathways through Polarizing Times

This article first appeared at the end of 2024 at CBI.org. When people are in conflict over high-profile public issues, it...

By Ryan Golten
Two Realities at Once: A Mediator’s Reflection from Dubai author.

Two Realities at Once: A Mediator’s Reflection from Dubai

Recently, life in Dubai has taken on a strange and somewhat disorienting rhythm. Most of the day looks very much...

By Julie Cobalt
Sample Inquiry of ChatGPT About Parenting Time Conflict author.

Sample Inquiry of ChatGPT About Parenting Time Conflict

Ask ChatGPT About Parenting Time Conflict Dad has been late in returning his 12 year old son to mom (divorced)...

By Jim Melamed
White House 2026 National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence author.

White House 2026 National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

YARF (Yet Another Regulatory Framework) Introduction Artificial intelligence governance, at least right now, feels less like a system and more...

By Robert Bergman
The Mediate.com Story – Table of Contents author.

The Mediate.com Story – Table of Contents

Copyright 2026 - All rights reserved - ODR.com, Inc. INTRODUCTION About this “Book" About the Author Acknowledgements The Most Informative...

By Jim Melamed
Review of the New U.S. Cyber Strategy author.

Review of the New U.S. Cyber Strategy

The White House recently released President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America (March 2026), a concise document outlining how the federal...

By Robert Bergman
Could AI Replace Mediators? author.

Could AI Replace Mediators?

Originally published in The Scotsman The founder of a site where AI models communicate with one another compared them to...

By John Sturrock
The Facilitative Anchor: Navigating the “Evaluative Pull” of Predictive Analytics and Mandatory ADR author.

The Facilitative Anchor: Navigating the “Evaluative Pull” of Predictive Analytics and Mandatory ADR

Abstract  In 2026, the mediation landscape is caught between two powerful forces: the legal mandate of "compulsory mediation" and the...

By Ed Timken
Mediation, Neutrality, Tyranny, and Resistance (Revised) author.

Mediation, Neutrality, Tyranny, and Resistance (Revised)

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall...

By Kenneth Cloke
The Duck Springs Defiance – The Next ‘68: Cycles of History and a “What’s Coming” Scenario author.

The Duck Springs Defiance – The Next ‘68: Cycles of History and a “What’s Coming” Scenario

It gives me great pride and happiness to tell you about the release of my long gestating book "The Duck Springs...

By Peter Adler

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