Recently I have noticed mediators using a label to describe other people's practice. It is rarely a compliment. That label is "evaluative"; as in "she takes rather an evaluative approach" or "his…
One of the many challenging aspects of mediating cross border cases is the fact that by definition, the parties tend to be in separate countries (and often the mediators too). One way of getting over…
I should begin this blog with a reservation and a disclaimer: in using the now-familiar "v3.0" description here, I don't wish to suggest, as software or IT developers might, that what is involved…
A lot has been said about how to spread the mediation culture in Brazil. Undoubtedly, it is critical to improve the awareness of mediation as a useful tool in dispute resolution, targeting potential…
As Ella Fitzgerald used to sing, Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Your faithful Canadian correspondent knows you are craving mediation-related reading to help you while away those lazy, crazy-hazy…
Last winter, Rick Weiler and I posted comments on this blog on a mediation success story when the NHL Lockout dispute was successfully resolved. Reporting on the commencement of that mediation, Rick…
This story is for you if:
You handle wage and hour class action cases;
You run into the situation where there are multiple similar actions filed against the same defendant by different plaintiffs…
This note is a response to, and affirmation of the idea behind Bill Marsh's provocative notion that the best mediators and negotiators smoke. Of course, in these non-smoking times, we couldn't…
Last year, I wrote about the Peacemakers' Initiative and talked a little about its intent, objectives and effect. This year, I want to provide readers, by way of update, a development that is both…
Here is a confession. I have a theory (in the best traditions of Monty Python). It is totally untested. I am pretty certain that it would not survive rigorous, double-blind trials. It may,…
