Mediation Blog
When A Bully Refuses To Dance!
Recently, I posted blogs on the necessity of "dancing" and on "difficult people". This past week, both topics collided in a mediation! What an experience! The matter was a simple automobile accident in which defendant [Read More]
You Must “Dance”
The other day, I found a new online magazine in my e-mail box. It was the very first edition, Vol. 1, No. 1 (October 2011) of ADR Times Perspectives on Dispute Resolution.According to the message [Read More]
Phyllis Pollack Daily Journal
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Settlement Authority
Routinely, most local rules of court require that persons with the ultimate authority to settle a matter be physically present at a court settlement conference or mediation. While it does not take much thought to [Read More]
Do You Really Want To Settle?
People come to mediation to settle their disputes. Or, so they claim! But, do they really want to settle? In her monthly column, One Minute Negotiation Tips, published by the Los Angeles County Bar Association [Read More]
Deciphering Life Via Game Theory
In its latest Technology Quarterly section, The Economist published an article entitled "Game Theory In Practice" (September 3, 2011) in which it explores using "game theory" to forecast political and economic events and to resolve [Read More]
