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Well, That’s Settled . . . Or Is It?

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Key Issues Every Litigator Should Remember about Settlement Agreements - Finally settling a hard-fought case can be one of the great pressure release valves that a trial lawyer can experience, ranking only behind a favorable...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

It’s About Listening, Not Only About the Law: 5 Compelling Reasons for Professional Mediators

In the realm of dispute resolution, mediation has emerged as a viable alternative to litigation. I believe that mediation offers us an opportunity to reach a consesus without the court making decisions on our behalf. While...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Bracketology: Using Conditional Offers To Settle Your Case at Mediation

It’s mid-afternoon. Mediation has been dragging on for hours, and the clients are getting frustrated. Both parties feel as though they have been making good moves, but the other side is being unrealistic and unreasonable. The...more

JAMS

Mediating and Settling Real Property Cases

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Just as there are a myriad of real property interests, there can be disputes involving any of those interests. Controversies regarding rights and interests in property include circular priority among lienholders, boundary...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

No. 2 of the Top 10 Horrible, Terrible, No Good Mistakes Lawyers Make in Mediations

This post is a continuation of the 10 most horrible, terrible, no good, “bang your head against the door” mistakes that I have seen lawyers make before, during and after mediations in which I was the mediator. As stated in...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Before the Real Negotiations Begin: Use Good Faith Disclosure and Proactivity to Prevent Mediation Sabotage

By: Hon. John P. DiBlasi (Ret.) New York Law Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Special Report August 2019 The joint session of the mediation, where disputing parties speak directly to one another, is often...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Good Faith Negotiations At Mediation

New York Law Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Special Report - August 2018 - As a full-time mediator for the past decade, I have come to learn that trust is a critical element in any successful negotiation....more

JAMS

Mediation plus: Don’t leave money on the table - Two approaches to modifying mediation in difficult-to-settle cases

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Mediation is the most widely used ADR approach today and has been for the past generation. In the course of becoming widespread it has also become predictable. It has become predictable that last month one party told me a...more

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