I was honored to address the 4th Conference of the Asian Mediation Association in Beijing, held 20-21 October, 2016, as a keynote speaker. My remarks appear below. * * * What the West Can Learn from Chinese Mediation by Peter Phillips[1] I first visited China almost 15 years ago as a representative of the CPR...
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I write from Beijing, where the two-day Conference of the Asian Mediation Association has been held, organized by the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Mediation Centers. I was very excited to return to Beijing after nine years' absence and to meet so many like-minded, but differently-situated, colleagues. The...
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...
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...
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...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is preparing to propose regulations addressing what it perceives as unfair and exploitative practices by organizations in their treatment of consumers. In its snappily-titled October 7, 2015 Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered, the Bureau tentatively proposed to: (1) bar class action waivers in...
The American Arbitration Association has announced the establishment of the AAA-ICDR Foundation. This development is a welcome enlargement of the already pervasive and salutary role and influence of this esteemed institution and its international affiliate, the ICDR. In a recent press release, the AAA explains that the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit...