The firm of Ogletree Deakins and St. Louis University recently held an all-day Employee Dispute Resolution Symposium at the University's very beautiful Busch Student Center. The proceedings were well-attended and it was a privilege for me to be invited to present the opening remarks. The comments of the various speakers, many from...
For as long as I've been active in conflict management, I have been confronted with a quote from Abraham Lincoln about not stirring up litigation. I first saw it on a pamphlet at CPR in 1998. Since then I have since seen it in articles, pamphlets, traning materials, mediation center...
This final post from the Madrid IBA Conference concerns a panel of corporate users who were asked whether subject-matter competence was an important factor in selection of a mediator....
Part I of this post summarized reports from Spain, South Africa, Bahrain, Pakistan and the Balkans. This second and concluding part presents reports from Argentina, the United States and Europe broadly....
A panel of eight speakers at the Madrid IBA Conference spoke on "Projects, Practices and Policies: Developments from the World of Mediation." This is the first of a two-part report on the presentations offered....
The recent Conference of the International Bar Association in Madrid convened many of the leading practitioners and theorists in international law. The Dispute Resolution Section of the IBA offered panels prepared by its Arbitration Committee (co-chairs Pierre Bienvenu of Canada and Guido Santiago Tawil of Argentina) and its Mediation Committee (chair...
We've learned that David I. Shapiro died in London of a heart attack on October 1, 2009. David was a colorful, passionate and commited lawyer who made an unforgettable impression on me and many others. He was a brilliant speaker and a leader of the mediation bar in London. Being...