Mediation Blog
Back To Basics: Why Mediate?
As part of my preparation to teach a class on mediation confidentiality, I reviewed the Uniform Mediation Act with all of its comments (UMA). In doing so, it struck me that although mediation is extremely [Read More]
Another Bias with Long Term Consequences!
Whenever I see an article on implicit bias, I must read and write about it. This time, the article is entitled, “Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination” by Darius Tahir of Kaiser Health News. [Read More]
86,400 Seconds
Last week, I posted a blog about the shortness of our working life and whether we really want to spend it embroiled in litigation. That post reminded me of a much earlier post (dated October [Read More]
Your Working Life Is Short: Why waste it on Litigation?
The other day I conducted a mediation between a non-English speaking plaintiff and a used car dealer. The issue was whether the dealer had misrepresented certain aspects of the sale to the plaintiff. We were [Read More]
Deception or B. S.?
The Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) blog posted an article about deception in negotiations. Entitled, “Ethics In Negotiation: How tthe Articleo Deal with Deception at the Bargaining Table” by Pon Staff (August 9, 2022), the [Read More]
Nothing to Lose (or to prove) and All to Gain!
Like many folks, I watched Serena Williams play in the second round of the U. S. Open Tennis Tournament against Anett Kontaveit, ranked No. 2 in the world. Serena Williams won. In her interview with [Read More]
