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Juhi. Gupta (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.), Paul Sills (Paul Sills Arbitrator, Mediator & Barrister)

Regional Assistant Editors (effective January 2026)

December 30, 2025

Introducing Regional Assistant Editors – strengthening the Blog’s global coverage from January 2026From January 2026, the Kluwer Mediation Blog will be supported by a new roster of Regional Assistant…

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Charlie Woods (Core Solutions Group)

We're forever blowing bubbles

December 8, 2025

Much talk at the recent Kilkenomics festival (the world’s first festival of economics and comedy - an excellent combination!) focussed on the current boom in AI investment; whether it was a bubble…

Danilo Ruggero Di Bella (Bottega Di Bella)

The EUIPO’s New Mediation Rules

November 27, 2025

On 14 July 2025, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – responsible for managing EU trade marks (EUTMs) and registered EU designs (EUDs) – released the new mediation rules of its…

Paul Sills (Paul Sills Arbitrator, Mediator & Barrister)

Mediation in Motion – Reflections on the Inaugural Issue of the AAA Mediation Magazine

November 24, 2025

If the first issue of the AAA Mediation Magazine were a room, it would be full of energy — mediators comparing notes, arguing gently about process design, and sharing stories from practice.The…

Paul Sills (Paul Sills Arbitrator, Mediator & Barrister)

A New Conversation Begins – The AAA Mediation Magazine and the Global Dialogue on Mediation

November 7, 2025

Something important — and quietly transformative — is happening in the mediation world.The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has launched a new publication, the AAA Mediation Magazine, a digital…

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Akshat Garg (Advocate, Mediator)

The IOMed Convention: How It Could Redefine Cross-Border Mediation

November 3, 2025

The Birth of the IOMedOn 30 May 2025, the global dispute resolution landscape quietly shifted. In Hong Kong SAR, 33 countries signed the Convention on the Establishment of the International…

Syed Bilal Hussain (FCIArb (Independent Mediator, Arbitrator, Adjudicator))

Mandatory Mediation in Pakistan: From Judicial Imperative to Legislative Urgency – Can Parliament Keep Pace?

October 16, 2025

IntroductionPakistan’s legal landscape is undergoing a subtle but strategic transformation. Mediation, once a peripheral courtesy in commercial disputes, is now emerging as a constitutionally…