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...
It is a cause of dismay, in a way, that the ABA has published John Lande's superb book, Lawyering with Early Planned Negotiation: How You Can Get Good Results for Clients and Make Money. More than a generation since Frank Sander espoused the "Multi-Door Courthouse," and Jim Henry founded CPR Institute,...
At the ABA Annual Meeting this week I will be privileged and honored to be entrusted with the Chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Business Law Section for a three-year term. The Committee is growing in size and influence, and will be associated with several CLE offerings. ...
Jane Gunn's new book is the first ADR volume I have read whose introduction begins "This is not a sex manual!" Well, neither is it a self-help book, nor a reminder of the virtues of candid conversation, nor a refresher on the teachings of the Buddha or Jesus. Yet all that...
On the second morning of the ABA Dispute Resolution meeting in Denver, attendees were privileged to hear remarks by Prof. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University's Animal Science Department. The subject of a fabulous BBC documentary and a recent HBO biopic, Dr. Grandin is broadly recognized as an innovator in handling...
Fellow blogger Victoria Pynchon has been kind enough to send me a copy of her new book -- made extra-collectible by her handwritten inscription inside! She has unfortunately used a vulgarity in naming the volume, but the subtitle, The Grownups' ABCs of Conflict Resolution, gives a good sense of its...
Giuseppe de Palo and I first met in 1999 or 2000, when I was bowled over the first time I learned about his work with The ADR Center in Rome. Since that time, every occasion I meet Giuseppe I am reminded what a powerhouse of talent, ambition, energy and aspiration...