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ABA 2010 Winners of Mediation Video Contest on YouTube: Second Prize Winner
By Victoria VanBuren - March 22, 2010
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution announced the 2010 winners of its First Annual Mediation Video Contest on YOUTUBE. The Second Prize Winner was “Mediation: A Better Way to Resolve Disputes” submitted by: Kristie Giaimo, Sue Ritter, Ian Long, Melissa Guise, Linda Hartman, Michael Reed, Jeff Bowen, Reed Stewart. Check it out! Stay tuned to Disputing for the Honorable Mention Winners! Technorati Tags: ADR, law, arbitration
Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog: If the Health Care Reform Debate Was Mediated…
By Victoria VanBuren - March 16, 2010
By Holly Hayes Richard J. Webb, a guest-blogger on Disputing and author of the Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog, featured last week an excellent post on how the health care reform debate would look if it was mediated. Here is an excerpt: …. Leaving aside all of the ways in which the healthcare reform debate does not resemble the setting required for effective mediation, I began to imagine what I would do if thrust into a room with a commitment f
ABA 2010 Winners of Mediation Video Contest on YouTube: Fist Prize Winner
By Victoria VanBuren - March 15, 2010
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution announced the 2010 winners of its First Annual Mediation Video Contest on YOUTUBE. The First Prize Winner was “Consider Mediation” submitted by: Suzie Hollander, Susan Cox, Joanna Belbey, Elizabeth Bowers, Patricia Dineen, Amy Russ, Raymond Kramer, Darryl Scipio, Kenneth Andrichik, Jaleel Mosquera, Cassandra Georges, Robert Hollander, Evelyne Matthews, Arthur T. Matthews, Rosari Domenick, Julie Cr
International Mediation Law Review Article | Transatlantic Perspectives on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Teaching Comparative Perspectives in Mediation
By Victoria VanBuren - March 9, 2010
We came across an interesting article from the landmark symposium Transatlantic Perspectives on Alternative Dispute Resolution. The piece is entitled Teaching Comparative Perspectives in Mediation: Some Preliminary Reflections, 81 St. John’s L. Rev. 259 (2007) and was written by professor Jacqueline Nolan-Haley (pictured right). Here is an excerpt: Introduction Mediation is no longer the stepchild of international dispute resolution practic
Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Mediation Privilege Recognized In Ohio
By Victoria VanBuren - March 3, 2010
Professor Mitchell H. Rubinstein at the Adjunct Law Prof discussed last week this mediation confidentiality case: Anthony v. Andrews, 2009 WL 4547605 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2009), is an interesting mediation case. Rebecca Anthony sued Dr. Annette Andrews in state court alleging medical malpractice. During a court-ordered mediation, Andrew’s counsel informed the mediator that Andrews would not give her consent to settle the matter and had ne
LinkedIn Post | International Commercial Mediation: only lip service?
By Victoria VanBuren - February 22, 2010
Karl came across this interesting comment by Jose Antonio Garcia Alvaro, posted at the ADR Resources Dispute Resolution and Mediation LinkedIn Group. I just received and read the 2009 statistical report of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, an institution that ranks among the best in the world according to several surveys. http://www.sccinstitute.se/filearchive/3/31104/SCC_Statistical_Report_2009.pdf As you will see,
Texas Appeals Court Finds No ‘Meeting of the Minds’ in Dispute Over Mediation Cancellation Fee
By Victoria VanBuren - February 15, 2010
[Ed. note: hat tip to our blog contributor Don Philbin.] The Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas held that silence does not create a contract to pay a mediation cancellation fee. In The Levin Group, PC v. Sigmon, no. 14-08-01165-CV (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 21, 2010) the Levin Law Group, P.C. (LLG) sued Ernesto de Andre Sigmon for breach of an agreement to mediate the underlying civil lawsuit. Alan F. Levin, the principal at LLG, was h
Reminder | State Bar of Texas CLE Webcast on February 16: “When to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery”
By Victoria VanBuren - February 10, 2010
Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog and Allison O’Neal Skinner from the Alabama-based law firm Sirote & Permutt will host the TexasBarCLE Webcast “When to Use eMediation or Special Masters in eDiscovery“ on February 16, 2010 from 2-3:30pm. Here are more details: eDiscovery has changed litigation forever and now litigants need innovative ways to navigate the disputes that inevitably arise with
Free Podcast | How To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in E-Discovery Cases
By Victoria VanBuren - February 5, 2010
We thought that you might be interested to listen to the Podcast entitled “How To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in E-Discovery Cases” by Peter S. Vogel, trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and contributor of this blog and Allison O’Neal Skinner from the Alabama-based law firm Sirote & Permutt. The ESIBytes™ Podcast of about 40 minutes is available here. (no PowerPoints, but free!) Peter and Allison will als
International: More on Hong Kong’s New Mediation Procedure
By Victoria VanBuren - February 3, 2010
To follow up on our earlier post, here are more details about Hong Kong’s mediation initiative: Mediation in Hong Kong December 10, 2009 By Alfred Ip, Partner at OLN and CEDR Accredited Mediator From 1st January 2010, the court will require parties to civil proceedings to consider using mediation as an alternate means to settle their dispute. The court will require the parties to justify their decision in case they refuse to attempt mediati
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