Our correspondent and colleague Alessandro Bruni offers the following update on the ever-changing state of Italian mediation. ...
Our faithful correspondent Alessandro Bruni, of Concilia, writes that he and Michela Sitzia have authored an about the mediation in Italy (updated to the recent court action finding the mediation statute unconstitutional). Alessandro writes: This article is a part of a book titled “Mediation 2013 in 16 jurisdictions worldwide”, edited by...
We have noted in various prior posts the confusion that has marked the introduction of commercial mediation in Italy. Not long ago all Italian lawyers went on strike to protest the provision that parties could settle claims without the participation of counsel. Recently we have heard about the ramifications of...
The 17th gathering of the World Forum of Mediation Centers was held under the auspices of the Union International des Avocats in Zagreb, Croatia, on October 5-6, 2012. Mediators and Centers came from the U.S., Spain, Italy, India, Canada, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lebanon, Russia, the U.K., Slovenia, Germany,...
Our Italian readers may wish to know that Concilia LLC, the all-purpose ADR firm in Vicenza, will be holding a training session on 12 October conducted by William Ury, author of The Power of a Positive No and co-Author of Getting to Yes. Information and booking are available...
I recently finished another semester teaching International Commercial Dispute Resolution at New York Law School, and once more was reminded of how much one learns when one teaches. The final papers in the course were very good, and I have chosen a few to share, with the permission of the...
I was privileged to be included in the recent European Users' Council Symposium at Tylney Hall, near Basingstoke, England, and organized by the London Court of International Arbitration. Present were international practitioners and arbitrators; inside council of global corporations who regularly use international arbitration; professors of international dispute resolution; representatives...