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Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Preparing Clients for Mediation: Explaining the Process, Setting Expectations and Strategies, and Coaching Performance

Preparing your client for mediation can ensure that the mediation process is productive and not a frustrating, anxiety-producing event. While settlement is always preferable, it is not the only measure of productivity in a...more

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Kim Taylor Speaks With ABC30 on Why More People in California Are Choosing Mediation Over Courtroom Battles

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Whether it’s neighbors in Napa arguing over a fence or a family in Fresno clashing over an inheritance, legal conflicts can quickly become expensive and emotionally draining. That’s why more people are turning to mediation, a...more

Melito & Adolfsen

Tell me what you’re looking for?

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Settling a case does not have to be complicated. Certainly, you need to know what you are willing to pay, and you should try to find out what your adversary is willing to take. How you get there is the issue....more

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MPOR Establishes Rules for Discussing Conflicts in Concession and Lease Contracts

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Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPOR) published Ordinance No. 443/2024 (the “Ordinance”), which establishes guidelines, requirements and procedures for the admissibility of consensual settlement of relevant disputes...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Third-Party Beneficiaries and Contract Interpretation

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In Stagen v. Neu, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06105 (1st Dept. Nov. 28, 2023), the Appellate Division, First Department addressed an issue of contract interpretation involving a word in a settlement agreement that most readers would...more

King & Spalding

Employment Settlement Agreements – how to avoid the common pitfalls

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Settlement agreements are a pragmatic and effective tool in resolving workplace disputes. The employee benefits from financial support and a dignified exit, and the employer achieves a clean break. However, when used...more

Hogan Lovells

Alternative Dispute Resolution in England and Wales

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A guide to mediation and the other main types of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in England and Wales. ...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Should You Mediate Your Family-Owned Business Dispute?

Disputes between and among owners of family-owned businesses are sometimes unavoidable. When such disputes progress to litigation, they can be extremely costly, time-consuming, and disruptive for the business and its owners....more

Brooks Pierce

If You Reach A Settlement At Mediation, And Say The Settlement Will Be The Subject Of A Forthcoming Formal Agreement, Do You Have...

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You have most likely walked out of a mediated settlement conference at which the shorthand version of the settlement put to paper by the lawyers and the mediator stated that there would be a later, more detailed agreement. ...more

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