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GUEST-POST | eDiscovery Update: Special Masters and eMediation
By Victoria VanBuren - July 28, 2010
By Peter S. Vogel Special Masters can help Judges and parties in eDiscovery disputes and also reduce the cost of litigation. Also managing eDiscovery can be improved by using eMediators who can help simply eDiscovery disputes and reduce motion practice. My recent article in the Texas Lawyer discusses some of the benefits of eMediation and Special Masters in eDiscovery. Over the past 20 years I have served as a Mediator and Special Master in compu
GUEST-POST PART X | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: Is There a Recipe for a Successful Mediation?
By Victoria VanBuren - July 26, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson The success of mediation is mainly determined by the parties. It is their process and they are in control of the ultimate result. While there is no guarantee that any mediation will succeed, there are some common elements found in successful mediations: The mediator selected by the parties had the skills, knowledge and style (i.e., evaluative or facilitative) that fit the dispute and personalities involved in t
Why Isn’t ADR More Popular? A Report from Harvard
By Holly Hayes - July 20, 2010
The article below was published this week on the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School website. Many scholars have noted that the business community would greatly benefit from third-party dispute resolution services. JThe authors note that disputants use arbitration and mediation less frequently than their preferences on surveys would predict and than rational parties would.
GUEST-POST PART IX | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: What Happens in Mediation?
By Victoria VanBuren - July 19, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson Every mediation is unique. The mediator will work with the parties and counsel to devise the appropriate format for the mediation. In general, however, mediation has four stages: Opening joint session The mediation usually begins with a joint session. At this session, the parties will be seated and the mediator will introduce everyone to each other. The mediator will also set out some rules of appropriate condu
GUEST-POST PART VII | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: Who Should I Bring to the Mediation?
By Victoria VanBuren - July 6, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson Who Should I Bring to the Mediation? Client representatives. More is not better. The attorney and client should bring one or two employees who know the facts of the dispute. The problem is that often the employees most involved in a dispute have a vested interest in protecting their personal turf. Counsel and the client may have to decide how to handle an employee who was intimately involved in the dispute but
GUEST-POST PART VI | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: How Do We Get Started?
By Victoria VanBuren - June 29, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson How Do We Get Started? There are many things for counsel and the client to do prior to mediating. A key task is to prepare the client to participate in the mediation. This is essential to a successful mediation outcome, because unlike arbitration and litigation, in which counsel for the parties do most if not all of the talking, mediation involves client participation. However, some clients feel more comfortabl
GUEST-POST PART V | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: How Do We Get the Mediator to See It Our Way? When and Where Should We Mediate?
By Victoria VanBuren - June 22, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson How Do We Get the Mediator to See It Our Way? The client who asks this question has not understood the mediation process. This client erroneously believes that it must persuade the mediator that it has the best case. Thus, the client must be reminded that the mediator does not decide the dispute, so persuading the mediator is not the goal. The goal is to persuade the decision maker for the adversary that it is
Texas Mediator Article: 2009 Judicial Survey on Alternative Dispute Resolution
By Victoria VanBuren - June 16, 2010
By W. Reed Leverton In August, 2009 attendees of the annual Texas Judicial Conference were surveyed regarding their attitudes as to alternative dispute resolution processes, with a particular emphasis on mediation and arbitration. The survey was prepared by members of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council and undertaken under the Council’s direction. 1,547 state judges (trial and appellate) were invited to this year’s conference, 566
GUEST-POST PART IV | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: The Mediation Settlement
By Victoria VanBuren - June 15, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson Will a Settlement in Mediation Be Enforceable? The answer is “yes” if the settlement is memorialized in a written settlement document that is signed by all parties and their counsel. The settlement agreement is not confidential and can be enforced in court just like any other contract. However, if called upon to enforce a mediation settlement, the court will look only at the face of the document because, as we
GUEST-POST PART III | Questions Clients Have about Mediation: Would My Mediation Be Confidential?
By Victoria VanBuren - June 8, 2010
By Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson For mediation to work the way it is supposed to, the parties must be willing to speak candidly with the mediator, and they will not do this unless they know that the mediation is private and what they say and do in mediation will be kept confidential. Given the need for confidentiality, is there a legal basis for it? There is no federal law protecting mediation communications, although there are protections for
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