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Mediation
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Resolving Discovery Disputes
DISCOVERY PLAN PART 3–Are You Ready for Mediation?
In many cases mediation is the most cost-efficient and effective method of resolving a case. Often, litigants can save a lot of money and time when mediation is held after…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Is Mediation Really The Best Way To Address “Get” Abuse?
By Eliana Baer
Imagine you are drowning. You don’t have a life jacket. Your swimming companion is pushing you further and further under. What do you do? Do you stop and try to…
NJ Family Legal Blog
USING MEDIATION TO FORCE THE OTHER SIDE TO "GET REAL"
I often like to say that "we can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way?" What does that mean? If you want to litigate,…
NJ Family Legal Blog
STOP, COLLABORATE AND LISTEN – SETTLEMENT IN MEDIATION
The golden words in this blog title once spoken by Robert Van Winkle (more famously known by another name) could and should be well heeded by family lawyers and litigants when trying to…
The Northwest Policyholder
Implementation of Environmental Coverage Claims Mediation Program Underway
By Seth Row
The recent amendments to Oregon's Environmental Cleanup Assistance Act (OECAA) included a potentially useful tool in the policyholder toolbox - one that could benefit all sides and the environment as…
NJ Family Legal Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished? Arbitrator’s Suggestions To Resolve Unrelated Issues Lead to Arbitration Award Being Vacated
B.M. - that is before the Minkowitz decision that we previously blogged on (which lead to a second post on arbitration best practices), it was common practice at the start of an arbitration,…
New Jersey Family Law
ADULTERY EXTORTION NEW JERSEY BERGEN COUNTY MEDIATION ATTORNEY ARBITRATOR
The unintended consquences of marital infidelity reached all the way to our nation's highest court, in this case involving adultery and extortion. Sekhar v. United States, U.S. (20130; United States…
New Jersey Family Law
FLANDERS FAIRLAWN FAIRFIELD FORT LEE NEW JERSEY DIVORCE CHILD PARENTING LITIGATION ARBITRATION MEDIATION
How much may a New Jersey mental health professional charge for services rendered in a contested child parenting litigation? Kamm v. Pfister, New Jersey App. Div., November 1, 2013
Employment Law Worldview
Ignoring mediation offer in the UK leads to costs blow
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer" said boxing great Muhammad Ali, but the Court of Appeal has this month delivered a robust right hook to…
The Mediation and Negotiation Blog
Mediation and the Science of Decision Making: Conclusion
By steveng-pearlmediationandnegotiation-blogspot-com
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky revolutionized economics by changing the focus from hypothetical “rational actors” to real people, who frequently make bad decisions as a result of behavioral patterns and cognitive errors…