Mediation Blog
Binding Mediation
Late last month, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District in California took up the issue of "binding mediation." Unlike an earlier case on the same topic that it took up in 2006 [Read More]
Posturing
Recently, I had a sexual harassment employment mediation. Prior to the mediation and based on the briefs, I figured it was going to be either a very short mediation (i.e., the case would not settle) [Read More]
Talk About Not Being Prepared For Mediation!
Every once in awhile, I blog about how important it is to prepare for mediation and how parties and/or counsel cannot come to mediation expecting simply to "wing it" and succeed. It will not work! [Read More]
Mediation Confidentiality Is Alive And Well In The Tenth Circuit
Readers of not only my blog but those of other California neutrals are no doubt familiar with all of the hullaballoo raised over AB 2025- the California Legislature's attempt to exclude actions for legal malpractice [Read More]
What Does “Fairness” Have To Do With It?
In my years as a mediator, it has struck me that the smaller the dispute, the harder it is to settle. And, I have always wondered why. Well, my friend and colleague, Maria Simpson, Ph.D., [Read More]
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
As a mediator who handles a lot of "lemon" law matters, I have mediated many cases in which an alleged violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is one of the claims. Last fall, the Ninth [Read More]
