ENE (Early Neutral Evaluation) is a powerful ADR technique you need to be doing more often.

New legislation in Congress may resolve this issue once and for all.

Rule number one in any mediation? Don’t tick off the mediator. One major key to getting a deal done is to be likeable. Being obnoxious is easy.

The pandemic has ground the judicial system to a veritable halt. That’s why you should think about ADR for your cases.

An agreement to arbitrate is an agreement to arbitrate … even if you’re now a non-believer.

False negotiators are antithetical to the concept of meaningful mediations. But how to protect yourself from them?

Gentle persuasion can sometimes assist negotiations. Sometimes, it’s ineffective. Sometimes, people just need a figurative punch in the nose.

Does Life imitate Art or does Art imitate Life?

Failing to prepare for mediation is the same as preparing to fail … yet attorneys do this all the time.

When a door closes, a window always opens.

Accusing an arbitration panel of not being impartial requires a high burden of proof.

COVID-19 Continues to Force Proceedings Online.

That is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of alternative dispute resolution, Or to take arms against a sea of lawyers And by opposing end them.

Is Functus Officio no more?

Thoughts on how claims should be valued going into a mediation…

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)
I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig…

Lawyers are trained to fight and win for their clients. That’s why so many fall short when it comes time to mediate their case.

There is more than one way to slice the arbitration pizza.

Reasonable notice undergoes new scrutiny.

A case in New York City may affect employment arbitrations in Ohio.