2024 September

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Articles in this issue:
Insurance bad-faith mediations

Insurance bad-faith mediations

Bad-faith mediations present a challenging set of issues and dynamics that affect how they are best approached and conducted

Doug deVries

2024 September


Distressed real estate and ADR

Analyzing various remedies available thru ADR when a real-estate default arises

Alan S. Petlak

2024 September


Collaborative leadership

Becoming an effective leader in volunteer roles

Whit D. Bertch

2024 September



We’re about much more than just lobbying

A look at all we do to protect your clients’ rights and your practice

Linda A. Lipsen

2024 September


The humanity of human suffering

Senate Bill 447 allows courts to award damages for a deceased person’s non-economic damages of pain, suffering, or disfigurement

Jacquie Serna

2024 September


You say you want a resolution (but what you really want is a deal)

A mediator with strong business skills can improve your chances of achieving settlement

Lindsey Bayman

2024 September


Getting the most out of a pre-mediation conference

Mediation has become a linchpin in an attorney’s arsenal, and a pre-mediation conference has become essential in a mediator’s toolbox

Jeanne Behling

2024 September


Effective arbitration advocacy – attorney control

Effective arbitration advocacy – attorney control

A quick-read refresher course on arbitration preparation and success

Joe Hilberman (Ret.)
Andrea Niven

2024 September


Arbitration and PAGA rights, post <em>Adolph v. Uber</em>

Arbitration and PAGA rights, post Adolph v. Uber

Arbitrating individual Labor Code violations after Adolph

Tricia Bigelow

2024 September


Evidence Code mediation rules

Know the official rules for mediation and keep yourself out of avoidable predicaments

Rita Miller

2024 September


Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court

Elder-healthcare-facility arbitration agreements and the California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court holds that signing an optional arbitration agreement is not a “healthcare decision”

Art Gharibian
Amber Tham

2024 September



Mediating mass torts

Understanding the basics for mass-tort mediation, including the use of bankruptcy courts

Tagore Subramaniam
Jeffrey Krivis

2024 September


Recent developments in employment arbitration

Recent developments in employment arbitration

Important employment-arbitration-law decisions from 2023 and 2024

Stephen M. Benardo

2024 September


Resolving construction disputes through mediation

Resolving construction disputes through mediation

A primer for construction-defect law and mediating a construction dispute

Robert Jacobs

2024 September


A “third-way” for handling conventional mediations

A “third-way” for handling conventional mediations

Can the success with Proposition 65 environmental lawsuits be had in other plaintiffs’ cases?

Gideon Kracov

2024 September



The art of ADR

What happens when mediation, improvisation, and trial advocacy converge?

Ibiere N. Seck

2024 September

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