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Foreclosure Mediation Programs Are Evolving in a Number of States
By Beth Graham - March 12, 2013
In recent months, changes to homeowner foreclosure mediation programs were a hot topic in a number of states. In Illinois, the Supreme Court enacted Rule 99.1 in an effort to offer some level of flexibility in foreclosure mediation programs across the state. The rule went into effect on March 1st and requires judicial districts that choose to offer such programs to demonstrate feasibility, sustainability, compliance with HUD-certified counseling
Evolving Perceptions of ADR at America’s Fortune 1,000 Companies
By Beth Graham - February 25, 2013
Professors Thomas Stipanowich (Pepperdine University School of Law) and J. Ryan Lamare (Pennsylvania State University) have posted a paper entitled “Living with ‘ADR’: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations” on the Social Science Research Network. Here is the abstract: As attorneys for the world’s most visible clients, corporate counsel played a key role in the tran
Texas Legislative Roundup, February 12, 2013
By Beth Graham - February 12, 2013
The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced during the 83rd Texas legislative session. The last day of the regular session will be Monday, May 27, 2013. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s legislative history. Senate Bills: SB 355 relates “to the powers and duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support and
5 Healthcare Mediation Seminars You Don’t Want to Miss
By Holly Hayes - February 1, 2013
The American College of Healthcare Executives is offering five education seminars in 2013 of interest to healthcare mediators: Managing Conflict, Confrontations and Disputes. Seminar leaders are David Maxfield and Stacy D. Nelson, EdD. The course builds on skills and techniques of the best-selling books Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations and Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. Conflict Management, Alternative Dispute Resolution a
Los Angeles Courts Abolish Mediation Programs
By Victoria VanBuren - December 12, 2012
We stumbled upon this article by Victoria Pynchon (a friend of our blog): In a tersely worded announcement on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s “Update” website, the largest court system in the world describes drastic immediate cutbacks that could bring the delivery of justice to a trickle if not a complete collapse. According to a November 27 “Court Update,” Court administrators announced that the system has been told to “permanently cut its budg
MA Supreme Court Rules that Mediation by a Disbarred Attorney May Constitute the Practice of Law
By Victoria VanBuren - November 21, 2012
In In the Matter of Anthony Raoul Bott, 462 Mass. 430 (2012), an attorney resigned from the Massachusetts bar due to a disciplinary action in 2005. Five years later, and after his completion of a mediation training program, he petitioned the Court to serve as a mediator. The issue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was whether mediation,when performed by an attorney who has resigned from the practice of law while the subject of disci
Harvard Program on Negotiation | Mediation Secrets for Better Business Negotiations: Top Mediator Techniques | Free Report
By Victoria VanBuren - November 20, 2012
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is offering a free report Mediation Secrets for Better Business Negotiations: Top Techniques from Mediation Training Experts. Get your Report here.
Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act Goes into Effect
By Victoria VanBuren - November 13, 2012
Maryland’s Mediation Confidentiality Act (SB 856/HB 762) went into effect on October 1, 2012. The Act establishes that, with certain exceptions, communications made in a mediation (i) in which the parties are required to mediate by law or (ii) are referred by an administrative agency or arbitrator, or (iii) in which the parties agree in writing that the mediation will remain confidential, must be kept confidential. Under the Act, the
Program on Negotiation at Harvard | Why Aren’t Mediation and Arbitration More Popular?
By Victoria VanBuren - October 30, 2012
The Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) has discussed this issue recently: Many scholars have noted that the business community would greatly benefit from third-party dispute resolution services. The problem is, there isn’t much demand for mediation or arbitration. If the alternative dispute resolution field has in fact built a better mousetrap, why isn’t the market buying it? Continue reading at the Harvard Program on Negotiation.
GUEST-POST | The Role of e-Mediation in Resolving ESI Disputes in Federal Court | Interview with Allison Skinner
By Victoria VanBuren - October 29, 2012
by Peter S. Vogel My friend, Allison Skinner, who co-founded the American College of e-Neutrals with me, attended an interesting panel presented by the E-Discovery Series in the Western District of Pennsylvania on September 6, 2012 entitled “The Role of e-Mediation in Resolving ESI Disputes in Federal Court.” The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania was the first District to create an E-Discovery Special Master Panel
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