In the final report from the June 2015 convening of the UIA World Mediation Forum, Elena Koltsaki of Thessalonia, Greece, led a panel addressing online dispute resolution (ODR) from an EU perspective. She noted two principles at the outset: First, a central goal of EU regulation is consumer protection and the...
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...
Mediator Mallory Stevens sends the provocative summary of a recent meeting of the World Mediation Organization, via Maria Volpe's ListServe (reproduced with Ms. Stevens' permission):...
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...
Our correspondent and colleague Alessandro Bruni offers the following update on the ever-changing state of Italian mediation. ...
Our faithful correspondent Alessandro Bruni, of Concilia, writes that he and Michela Sitzia have authored an about the mediation in Italy (updated to the recent court action finding the mediation statute unconstitutional). Alessandro writes: This article is a part of a book titled “Mediation 2013 in 16 jurisdictions worldwide”, edited by...
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...