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Mediation
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Legal Profession Blog
The Dangers Of Mediation
A mediation conducted by a mediator employed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service at the Hampton Inn in Beckley, West Virginia was abruptly interrupted when a 33 pound light fixture…
Food Liability Law
Tips For Successful Multiparty Food Liability Mediation
By Kenneth Odza
Mediation has become a critical process for resolving large, multi-party consumer claims. Settlement of these claims is often complicated by insurance and third-party recovery. Often a brokered process is the only practical…
Family Law Practice
What Is Family Law Mediation…and Why Bother?
My practice of family law includes the traditional approach – adversarial – and the non-traditional collaborative approach. What’s the difference? If there are children involved the difference can be significant.…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Mediation – Is the Mediator’s Goal a Fair Settlement or Any Settlement?
Previously I blogged on the issue of mediation and my skepticism of the process under certain circumstances. This week there was a spirited discussion regarding the issue of mediation on the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
ArticlesSusan K. Hippensteele (left), Revisiting the Promise of Mediation for Employment Discrimination Claims, 9 Pepperdine Disp. Resol. L.J. 211 (2009).Konrad S. Lee (right) et al., Emerging Limitations of the Uniformed…
La Revue
« ACTUALITE DE LA MEDIATION » (De Gratien au Président Magendie)
RIEN A PERDRE ET TOUT A GAGNER Et si la médiation avait encore besoin de plaidoyers et d’avocats ? Paradoxe, provocation ? Ses avantages tant vantés commencent à être bien…
New York Business Divorce
Mediation and Business Divorce: Interview with Mediator Leona Beane
Mediation has become an important and increasingly popular alternative path to dispute resolution. This week's New York Business Divorce features an interview with former law professor turned mediator Leona Beane…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Read Mark Ashton’s Interesting Post Entitled ”Mediate, Arbitrate, Negotiate: What’s a Client To Do?”
Mark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and the editor of the firm's Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote an interesting post on that blog entitled Mediate, Arbitrate, Negotiate: …
Legal Profession Blog
Ethics Code For Mediators
The North Dakota Supreme Court is considering adoption of a proposed code of ethics for mediators. The court states:The purpose of this Code of Ethics is to provide standards of…
Pennsylvania Family Law
MEDIATE, ARBITRATE, NEGOTIATE: WHAT’S A CLIENT TO DO?
More and more clients are asking us whether they should “mediate” their divorce. It is clear from the nature of the way the question is posed that they perceive mediation…