Most jurisdictions have embraced alternative dispute resolution requirements to lessen the burden on the judicial system. Mediation has proven to successfully resolve the majority of cases and in so ...

Businesses, organizations and individuals often find themselves embroiled in litigation or navigating conflict that leads to litigation. Frequently, whether before a lawsuit commences or during a ...

Superb performance (and the occasional face plant) keeps the door open. Go ahead. Ask people directly for their business and don’t be afraid to fail occasionally. I got talked into being a mediator by ...

A lot has changed in my approach to mediator’s proposals since I became a mediator in 2010. One school of thought then was that mediator’s proposals were unethical because the mediator was putting ...

Mediation is an invaluable process for resolving disputes outside the courtroom, offering individuals an alternative way to manage conflicts with fairness, efficiency, and mutual understanding. As ...

Mediation is a process where a neutral third party—the mediator—assists disputing parties in reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement. It is an essential tool in conflict resolution, particularly in ...

For every fierce clash, there will be those behind the scenes striving to resolve it through diplomatic means. One such mediator, from Berlin’s Berghof Foundation, tells us the key steps to resolution ...

Question: Three months ago, we listed our house for sale. We were home when our real estate agent walked through our house with the buyer and the buyer’s agent. In our laundry room, there was a stain ...

Our judicial and trial systems have been designed over the last 250 years to fairly and equitably adjudicate disputes between parties to a disagreement, to eliminate surprise at the time of trial, to ...