Professionally, I am not given to bedazzlement. I am not among those who claim transformative or quasi-spiritual attributes to what (to me) really boils down to the learn-able professional skill of mediating business disputes. So when friends have reported their experiences attending the ICC International Mediation Competition with tears streaming...
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Our friend Giuseppe De Palo reports that the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (“JURI”) will discuss mediation again at the February 26, 2015, ‘Civil Law & Justice Forum’ in Brussels, and the ADR Center has been asked to present a follow-up to its 2014 study, “Rebooting the Mediation Directive.” The Center has prepared a...
There may be some serious ADR practitioners who have not heard of Tom Stipanowich's recent articles analyzing the results of the CCA survey on trends in commercial arbitration. And for those few folks, I copy Tom's note to me, along with the links:...
The College of Commercial Arbitrators is perhaps the definitive authoritative body for best practices in commercial arbitration from the perspective of practitioner arbitrators. Its promulgated standards are widely respected and its leaders are leaders of leaders. It is therefore with great satisfaction that I note that the CCA has selected its...
We had previously noted the recent, extraordinarily ambitious and incisive report addressing the current state of the European Directive on ADR. We now hear from one of its authors, Prof. Giuseppe De Palo, of a conference on the topic in London, that is available worldwide by internet link. The announcement...
A young, vibrant and alive mentor once taught me that it costs no more to dream big than to dream little. And Michael Leathes is dreaming big. With IMI Chair Deborah Masucci, Michael has recently proposed a "Global Pound Conference." Referring to the 1976 conference at which Prof. Frank Sander shared...
I have been importuned by the ABA Dispute Resolution Section to remind readers of its upcoming Spring Meeting in Miami,Florida on April 2-5, 2014. And who better to be importuned by? It is a great organization and the Spring Meeting has been "the place to see and be seen" since...