A group of very prominent stakeholders on commercial dispute resolution met at Cardozo Law School on September 12, 2016, to conduct the New York City session of the Global Pound Conference. Of all the many institutions and volunteers who were responsible for this success, the International Mediation Institute takes the...
The ABA Business Law Section has about 50 substantive committees, many of which include subcommittees addressing dispute resolution in their field. In the past several months, many members of these various entities undertook a collaborative effort to "cut across the solos." The result is a unique new volume titled ADR...
Richard Nixon was responsible for many teaching moments. One of my favorites is the advance in American appreciation of the difference between the passive voice ("Mistakes were made") and the active voice ("I made mistakes") that was offered by his press secretary, and echoed by other presidents. A recent paper by...
Last year the International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution ("CPR") published a new volume, Cutting Edge Advances in Resolving Workplace Disputes. It is a fine book, an deserves to be a steady reference to practitioners and systems designers in the field. ...
David Hoffman‘s capacity to lead by inspiration is unparalleled. When you attend a program or lecture by David, you feel as if he’s talking to you over a table, sharing stuff that matters to him in the hope that it will matter to you, too. David recently gave a TEDx Talk...
The ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference is always a highlight. For 2016 it's being held in New York City, making it real easy for me. The breadth and scope of the topics are, as usual, phenomenal, making this event consistently the Class Act of the ADR year. ...
Of all the volumes on mediation -- many of them very good, some of them of great practical value -- few are "must-have" volumes, in my mind. One "must-have" is Dwight Golann's Mediating Legal Disputes. It is well-thumbed and as recently as last night I had occasion to pull it...