Mediation

If you can’t beat the system, join it

Who settled that case? Applying the analysis of systems theory to mediation begets “limitless possibilities”

From Issue: 2017 August

Fresh insights

The mediation of sexual-harassment and abuse cases; which cases should be mediated and how that mediation should proceed

Jan Frankel Schau

From Issue: 2020 April

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) and mediation

When EPLI is present, what was a two-party case has become a multi-party case and the dynamics have changed

Lynne S. Bassis

From Issue: 2019 August

Do you have a settlement Brain Trust?

From the settlement consultant (broker) to the estate attorney, CPA and financial advisor, clients receiving a large settlement can require a real team to manage it for a lifetime

Traci Kaas

From Issue: 2018 August

Bracketing 101

Is bracketed negotiation more trouble than it’s worth, or is it a valuable tool for settlement?

Denise Madigan

From Issue: 2017 August

Artificial intelligence and the evolution of conflict resolution

A look at what role artificial intelligence might play in conflict resolution

Henry J. Bongiovi

From Issue: 2020 August

Hunting for deception in mediation

Winning cases by understanding body language

Jeffrey Krivis
Mariam Zadeh

From Issue: 2006 May

Ending cases: Risk analysis and client duties

Quality risk analysis can produce dignified case resolutions in which the litigants are able to exercise far greater control

James Kamanski

From Issue: 2017 August

Emotions, anger, neuroscience and the opening demand in mediation

Why some mediations fail right from the beginning as the parties retreat to their corners and never emerge

Barbara A. Reeves

From Issue: 2019 August

Calculating damages with class

Presenting damages to the mediator in wage-and-hour class actions

Arya Rhodes

From Issue: 2019 August

Believe it or not: It happened in mediation

A glimpse of the wild, the unpredictable, and the utterly preposterous things that have happened in real mediations

Daniel Ben-Zvi
Michael D. Young

From Issue: 2017 August

An introduction to the Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Mandatory Settlement Conference Program

This free program is staffed by civil court judges who dedicate their time exclusively to presiding over MSCs

Zaven V. Sinanian
Abraham Khan

From Issue: 2019 July