2025 September

Season of momentum

Learning, leading, and lifting each other up

2025 September

The new statewide Judges Civil Mediation Program

The JCMP allows parties with little or no economic resources to avail themselves of a mediation, most often with an assigned retired judge

Charles H. Ervin

2025 September

Keeping up with changes in employment-arbitration law

Recent developments from 2024 and 2025

Stephen M. Benardo

2025 September

Recent developments in ADR under the “new” PAGA

SB 92 and AB 2288 brought significant reforms to PAGA but created new issues

Barry M. Appell

2025 September

Appealing adverse arbitration awards

Statutory bases sometimes present a navigable path forward

Gerald Serlin
Judith Posner

2025 September

Enforceable, written mediation-settlement agreements

An exception to mediation confidentiality

Michael S. Fields

2025 September

Underinsured-motorist [UIM] arbitration

When the defendant has insufficient insurance, here is your guide to handling the UIM claim

Sanford Jossen

2025 September

Time limits on mediation and arbitration

Time limits can have a material impact on viable cases – five-year “brought to trial” and 30-day limitations on payment of arbitration fees

Lindsey Bayman

2025 September

When is an arbitration agreement enforceable?

A look at the statutes and caselaw, with special emphasis on today’s online agreements

Tricia Bigelow

2025 September

Private-mediator ethics in California

And the newly enacted State Bar neutral-certification program

Elizabeth R. Feffer

2025 September

Mediation with Resolve Law Los Angeles

A free three-hour mediation program for settling cases in LA County Superior Court

Martin I. Aarons

2025 September

When arbitration is not required by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)

A guide to statutory exceptions

Maurice Sanchez

2025 September

Mediating federal cases in the Central District of California

A blueprint for utilizing the Central District’s mediation program

Steve Sepassi

2025 September

Effective probate mediations

A probate court’s order to private mediation can include nonparties to the litigation

Marc P. Grismer

2025 September

Bankruptcy mediation – Is it a trap for the unwary state court practitioner?

Mediation in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy proceedings are different animals

James Stang

2025 September

Recognizing and embracing cognitive bias in mediation

If you can master only one mediation skill, utilizing cognitive biases would be an excellent choice

Ed Oster

2025 September

“Together wherever we go”

Great events at which you can support us, so we can support our communities

Megan E. Klein
Michelle M. West

2025 September

Hot August days

From redistricting to the 2026 elections and the final push on CAOC-sponsored bills, August and early September are anything but quiet

Lea-Ann Tratten

2025 September

New laws on discovery in arbitration

Plus other new consumer-friendly changes to California arbitration law effective January 1, 2025

Rita Miller

2025 September