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Employment Law Now VIII-156 - The Art, Skill, and Strategy of Mediation
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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 2: Labor Dispute Mediations with Drew Rogers, Senior Federal Mediator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Part 2
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An Uncompromising Insurer: What is a Policyholder to Do?
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Sending Up the Mediation Smoke Signal: Tools that Policyholders Have Available to Settle A Claim With A Recalcitrant Insurer
Identifying and Quantifying Government Contract Claims
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DE Under 3: EEOC Studies Showing Online Mediation Preferred; Transgender Title VII Protections; May 2022 Employment Situation
3 Key Takeaways | Drafting & Navigating Dispute Resolution Clauses
Let's Talk Mediation, Arbitration, and Conciliation
From stingers to settlements: Finding parallels between bees and the ADR process - Beekeeping is one of my hobbies when I’m not dedicating myself to dispute resolution. In my more than 10 years as a beekeeper, I’ve learned...more
When legal disputes arise in the business world, taking the matter to court can often be time-consuming, expensive, and disruptive to business operations. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods provide practical and...more
What is an arbitrator’s primary obligation? If you put that question to most arbitrators or representatives of arbitral institutions, you will get the same answer: to render an enforceable award. That consensus is so...more
As an attorney, you already know that litigation is expensive, time-consuming, and stressful for all involved. Fortunately, alternatives to traditional litigation exist which offer faster, more affordable, and less...more
When disputes arise, parties very often go straight to filing a lawsuit. Sometimes, that tactic can be effective. However, it may not be so effective for those individuals or small businesses seeking to minimize costs. Costs...more
Litigation can be a costly and resource-intensive endeavor, particularly when the disputes at hand are complex in nature. For clients who are new to the litigation process, it is not unusual to find the various stages and...more
In today’s complex litigation landscape, many individuals and businesses are turning to alternative methods to resolve disputes as a way to avoid the time, expense, and unpredictability of traditional lawsuit. Pre-litigation...more
An old adage states, “The worst settlement is often better than the best trial, particularly for the losing party.” This was true in a recent upstate New York case where a jury awarded damages twenty times the realistic...more
When I started practicing law in 1981, I focused on labor and employment law. My practice involved management and union matters such as unfair labor practice charges and breaches of collective bargaining agreements. As a...more
In England & Wales proceedings are subject to a series of "Pre-Action Protocols" which set out the steps a Court would expect parties to take prior to commencing proceedings. The Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols applies to...more
In December 2020, the New York Law Journal commented on the measures the New York State court system would enact to handle the recent $300 million budget cut. These measures included “adopting a strict hiring freeze,...more
Welcome to Morrison & Foerster’s quarterly newsletter on dispute resolution. In this newsletter, we address recent developments in arbitrations, investigations, and commercial and intellectual property litigation that may...more
The coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty in almost every sector of society. A massive shift in reality has taken place, and the world is trying to acclimate. In this environment, it is tempting to postpone cases until...more
As we are all challenged by the current pandemic, it strikes me that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is perhaps no longer an alternative to traversing the court system, but rather the only viable method for the...more
From employment-related class action suits and racial discrimination cases to movie studio executives in dispute with producers over a ?lm in the entertainment industry, mediation is becoming the preferred way to avoid costly...more
Mediation is the most widely used ADR approach today and has been for the past generation. In the course of becoming widespread it has also become predictable. It has become predictable that last month one party told me a...more