My first real-life experience with pandemic-forced online dispute resolution was in early April -- a baptism by fire. I coached the New York Law School team at the Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna annually except this year. Within about ten days' time, the organizers...
I am pleased to report that Business Conflict Management has been the subject of two valued instances of recognition. First, I am pleased to advise that I am the honoree of the James B. Boskey Award as “2018 ADR Practitioner of the Year.” The Dispute Resolution Section of the New Jersey...
The irrepressible -- and for many of us irreplaceable -- Michael Leathes has spread the word of a new proposal, for an international negotiation initiative called the International Negotiation Initiative, or INI. Leathes, author of the recent and excellent book Negotiation: Things Corporate Counsel Need to Know But Were Never Taught...
The word is spreading across the internet and the phone lines that Frank Sander died yesterday. His profile in our field is of course stupendous, and he is often -- with good reason -- considered the "father" of the modern ADR movement. But along with others, I most remember private talks or...
Last year, New York Law School and the ABA Business Law Section convened all three of the CEOs of the national ADR organizations, plus other leaders, to address persistent issues of lack of diversity in the mediation and arbitration profession. This year, on the afternoon of January 17, 2018, the...
The current issue of New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer -- really a very good publication of the New York State Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section -- includes a brief article by Roy Weinstein of the economic research and consulting firm Micronomics. The article summarizes certain findings of a study comparing...
The James F. Henry Speaker Series at New York Law School's ADR Skills Program will offer its third event of the year on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, when CPR President Noah Hanft joins panelists Greg Gallopoulos (GC of General Dynamics) and Prof. Joan Stearns Johnsen to discuss how vital commercial...