At the IBA in Dubai last week, a three-hour session was held on "The Rise of Multiculturalism and Resulting Challenges of Managing Diversity in the Workplace." While the subjects discussed were fascinating, the subjects not discussed might have been even more so. ...
The Annual Conference of the International Bar Association opened on Sunday night October 30, 2011, with an address by Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and, with the IAEA, 2005 Nobel laureate. He focused on the dynamic state of the Middle East and addressed both the...
The second film on the use of facilitated dialogue to ease corporate/community tensions has been posted online. It may be viewed by clicking here....
Juris Publishing has issued a wonderful, concise and revelatory volume edited by arbitration gurus Larry Newman and Ben Shepard. Take the Witness is a collection of do's, don'ts, and real-life examples that thread the fine needle of cross-examination before a panel of international arbitrators -- many of whom are unfamiliar with,...
A recent U.S. District Court opinion has tested the ethical rules barring mediators from representing a party in a subsequent matter that is "identical" or "substantially related" to the mediated matter. It found that, at least in the case before the court, that test had not been satisfied and the...
Two recent court decisions have bubbled through the cyber-community of ListServes and blogs. Both address attorney disqualification -- one in the context of a mediation and the other in the context of an arbitration. The latter is featured here and the former will be described in a subsequent posting. In Northwestern...
The irrepresible Michael Leathes is a collector of quotes. Little does he know that one of the early walks I had with him produced a quote of his own that I have always kept pinned on the corkboard of my mind: "It costs no more to think big than to...