Some may think that business mediation is limited to resolving conflicts before a lawsuit is filed or an arbitration begun. A little more broadly, mediation is certainly possible when a lawsuit is pending, before or during trial — or even during the appeal process. A recent article in the Times-Standard of Eureka, CA is a […]
Read more...Part of former Senator George Mitchell’s National Public Radio interview about the tenth anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 touched on the qualities a mediator needs to possess. The process of creating that accord took many months, with plentiful naysayers, ongoing flare-ups of violence in Northern Ireland, and a complicated path to resolution. […]
Read more...In former Senator George Mitchell’s interview on National Public Radio discussing the tenth anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, he addressed the issue of “failure”. The process of reaching the agreement was contentious and lengthy. Protests and violence continued as negotiators worked to create a resolution. Some said that the talks were […]
Read more...On April 10, 1998, The Good Friday Agreement was signed. The document was designed to address the relationships of political parties within Northern Ireland and the relationship between the British and Irish governments. The agreement emerged from a long and difficult process. One of the key players was former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. Talking recently […]
Read more...The City of Bridgeport stepped in recently to resolve a dispute between a commercial landlord and a tenant relocating to a department store renovated as artist housing and commercial space. Rob Varnon of The Connecticut Post reported on the situation in an article titled “City’s mediation resolves dispute.” The owner of the shop, Flowers and […]
Read more...In an article titled “Town Will Enter Mediation Over Civil Rights Flap”, Karin Crompton of the New London paper, The Day, reported that East Lyme and Landmark Development Group, LLC, will engage in mediation to attempt to resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit. The developer claims that the town has blocked a proposal to build […]
Read more...The Wall Street Journal, online, recently ran an article by Tom Lauricella titled “Mediating Elder-Care Disputes.” The article discussed the growing popularity of elder mediation, or elder care mediation, as a method to help families manage and prevent conflicts over challenging decisions involving elderly parents and other loved ones. As Mr. Lauricella points out, elder […]
Read more...The Connecticut Bar Association provides a voluntary and free Resolution of Legal Fee Disputes Program to help attorneys and clients resolve disputes over fees incurred for legal services. The program consists of mediation and arbitration options. Mediations are performed by a volunteer neutral attorney and arbitrations by a panel of three arbitrators, comprised of two […]
Read more...Hans Boserup, a Danish mediator, has published a book (available in English) called Six Ways in Seven Days. In it he describes what he calls six styles of mediation: generic, settlement-driven, cognitive-systemic, transformative, humanistic, and narrative. You can learn more at his website, www. uk.mediator.dk. Without going into detail about his descriptions of these different […]
Read more...Mediation is often referred to as a form of “alternative dispute resolution” or ADR. Though some question whether traditional litigation is now the more “alternative” approach, and mediation and arbitration the more common, there’s another point to consider. Once you have embarked on a course of litigation, is there a point of no return, when […]
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