Mediation Blog
Mediation is Not Always about Settling!
A colleague of mine- Jan Frankl Shau, Esq.-recently published an article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal entitled “ A New paradigm for mediation: the role of “bearing witness” (July 28, 2023). In it, she [Read More]
Naïve Realism? or Surrounded by Idiots?
In social psychology, there is a cognitive bias known as “naïve realism” which “is the human tendency to believe that we see the world around us objectively, and that people who disagree with us must be [Read More]
Time is Money!
One Saturday afternoon, my husband and vegetated and watch a dreadful movie called “In Time “(released October 2011) . The theme of the movie is that time is literally money. In this science fiction thriller, [Read More]
A Different Way to Negotiate!
Our recent book club discussion featured Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate by Barry Nalebuff (HarperCollins, New York 2022). While I understand the author’s concept, I am not sure if I am [Read More]
“Snitching” Redux
Last week, I posted a blog about the California Supreme Court adopting a new Rule 8.3 (effective August 1,2023) entitled Reporting Professional Conduct as part of California's Rules of Professional Conduct. I must confess that [Read More]
“Snitching”
Until now, California was the only state in the United States which did not adopt the “snitch” rule contained in Rule 8.3 of the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct. On June 22, [Read More]
