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

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

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

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

From Issue: 2017 August

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

From Issue: 2019 August

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

Winning cases by understanding body language

From Issue: 2006 May

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

From Issue: 2020 April

An exception to mediation confidentiality

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

From Issue: 2019 August

Because wage-and-hour damages can be calculated more precisely, the parties may not be as far apart in their settlement valuations

From Issue: 2023 July

A closer look at the mediation of a defense appeal from a money judgment