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Mediation Ethics
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The Florida Bar News Releases
ADR Lunch & Learn: Ethically Speaking
By Susan Ray
Overview This presentation will review a selection of Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee ethics opinions that are most relevant to common mediation scenarios. We will examine how these opinions apply across…
Slaw
Mediators Are Human Too
By Marc Bhalla
Back in the day, when I was starting my mediation practice, I received the worst advice ever. It came from someone who, I believe, meant well. The advice was that…
Bressler Risk Blog
Conflicts News — Conflict Check Error Causes Mediation Disqualification Dispute, Convicted CEO Calls Conflict on Former Firm, Multidistrict Rules Going into Effect
By Dan Bressler
David Kluft asks: “Can I mediate a dispute about ownership of a company and then appear as counsel in a related dispute about the same company?” — “A TX lawyer…
Legal Profession Blog
Mediator Must Answer Bar’s Questions
The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a declaratory judgment requiring an attorney mediator to cooperate with a bar investigation of an attorney Petitioner is an attorney who also serves as…
ADR Notes
The Importance of Self-Determination
It is likely no coincidence that self-determination is listed as the first standard in the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators (“the Model Standards”). The Model Standards were designed to…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
2017 . . . A probate mediator’s guide to 2017 Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) Opinions
The Florida Supreme Court’s Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) has been issuing formal advisory ethics opinions to certified and court-appointed mediators since 1994. MEAC opinions deal with mediation-related ethics questions governed primarily…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
MEAC: Can a mediator report the parties have reached “agreement” if the deal’s still being drafted?
MEAC Opinion 2016-004 (Date Issued: November 6, 2016) The vast majority of cases settle, and many of those deals get hammered out with the help of a Florida Supreme Court certified…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Juan Antúnez to speak on Conflict Resolution and Ethics: A Summary of Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) Opinions for 2015 and 2014
The Florida Supreme Court's Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) has been issuing formal advisory ethics opinions to certified and court-appointed mediators since 1994. MEAC opinions deal with mediation-related ethics questions governed primarily by…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
2013 . . . A probate mediator’s guide to 2013 Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) Opinions
The Florida Supreme Court’s Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee (MEAC) has been issuing formal advisory ethics opinions to certified and court-appointed mediators since 1994. MEAC opinions deal with mediation-related ethics questions governed primarily by…
Florida Mediator
2009 MEAC Opinions [and Others] – Online!
By perrys-itkinj-d-m-s-floridamediator-blogspot-com
A new addition to my website Mediation Training Center is the menu link Ethics Opinions.I've included a brief overview of the Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee [MEAC] and added all of…