Mediation Blog
Appearances Really Do Matter!
We have all heard that how we appear matters: that people judge us by our appearance without even realizing it. People will look at our faces and based on what they perceive unconsciously, will decide [Read More]
Update on Mediation Confidentiality
In previous blogs, I have discussed the hullaballoo surrounding the introduction of AB 2025 into the California Legislature. As originally drafted and introduced into the California State Assembly, it provided that mediation confidentiality would not [Read More]
Class Action Arbitration Waivers in California
On August 3, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued its long awaited opinion in Sanchez v Valencia Holding Company, LLC (Case No. S199119) holding that an automobile retail installment sales contract was NOT unconscionable and [Read More]
Emotions in Mediation
The August 2015 edition of the California Lawyer contains an article entitled Feelings in the Fray for which I was interviewed. In it, the author Susan Kostel discusses how emotions very much play a critical rule in negotiations and [Read More]
EMPATHY- PART 2
Last week, I wrote about empathy – its definition and what researchers have found about why we may be more empathetic in certain situations and/or given our personalities. The blog concluded with the notion that [Read More]
EMPATHY- Part 1
Empathy- it is an interesting word. Although containing only 7 letters, it is packed full of meaning. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “empathy” as “the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions: [Read More]
