Mediations are like baseball games – no game clock. Both ball games and mediations have average lengths, median lengths and, sometimes, unusual lengths – very short or very long. In baseball, ...
Many of the reasons for using online mediation in 2020 are unique to the time in which we live. While I began offering online mediation more than a year ago, it was, until very recently, a very ...
Is there a place in mediation for the idea of agreeing to disagree? The short answer is, no. In a recent article in The Los Angeles Times, Why I never ‘agree to disagree’ Michael Hirtzik, makes ...
Why do these cases (those with pending dispositive motions) so seldom result in settlements? For the same reason that the betting window closes at Churchill Downs when the horses are behind ...
Inviting your client to partner with you in preparing for their mediation is the first order of business. This initial step is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the ubiquitousness of ...
Are in-person mediations inherently superior to Zoom mediations?Many lawyers claim the visceral experience of being physically near others in a mediation allows them insight into the minds of ...
I have decades of experience gathering relevant information and then organizing it according to what can be extremely complex legal theories. My work can be relied on to withstand the most ...
Hardly a day goes by without a news item that tells us that a company has gone outside the organization to engage a workplace investigator to get to the bottom of an allegation of bad behavior. ...
I have previously written about the many important advantages of online mediation. In the order of referral to mediation, judges might include a list of factors for lawyers to consider in ...
It is critically important that Florida quickly re-establish a state sponsored mediation program to deal with the tragedy brought on by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Let’s not reinvent the ...