The four films produced by Harvard's Kennedy School on mediating corporate-community disputes have been recognized with the Award for Best Publication or Communication by the prestigious Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), in London. I am honored to have written and co-directed these films, and also served as interviewer on two....
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In 1984, the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends published a volume called The Mediator's Handbook. The fourth edition of this wonderful book has recently been released through the Canadian publisher New Society Publishers. By now entirely independent of its initial Quaker roots, The Mediator's Handbook has...
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...
Efforts to challenge the enforceability of settlements that are obtained through mediation almost always yield uncomfortable outcomes. A recent New Jersey Appellate Division decision is no exception....
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,...
Karol Denniston of Schiff Hardin has brought our attention to recently enacted legislation in California requiring mediation, in most instances, before a municipality may seek protection under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy laws. The new law (Assembly Bill 506) requires a municipality to either participate in a 60-day "neutral evaluation process"...
The final paper from a student in the International Commercial Dispute Resolution course at New York Law School discusses the present state of commercial mediation, conciliation and arbitration in selected jurisdictions in Africa. The author also identifies certain political and commercial attributes that are missing in the region and that,...