New Jersey Governor Murphy has signed into law P.L.2019, c.39, which declares unenforceable any "provision in any... settlement agreement which has the purpose or effect of concealing the details relating to a claim of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment." Moreover, the new law provides that every settlement agreement addressing such claims...
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 ADR event of every year is the Spring Meeting of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Meeting. The Section has announced that proposals for programming for the April 4-7, 2018 Meeting are now being solicited. More surprisingly, the deadline for proposals is only a few weeks away -- Friday,...
Michael Leathes has written a book on negotiation that is aimed at corporate counsel. In so doing he has given us a clear insight into the challenges of decision making within corporations, and the skills needed for those of us who counsel them. By virtue of his experience and his...
The recent issue of The Business Lawyer, a publication of the ABA Business Law Section, addresses a topic of particular interest: "the hard choices that face a general counsel when weighing the pros and cons of whether and when a particular complex business dispute is better suited for litigation in...
The ABA Business Law Section is partnering with New York Law School to present a half-day CLE Symposium on "ADR and the Young Lawyer" on Friday morning, January 30. The event, held from 9:00 to 1:45, features speakers from leading corporations, law firms and ADR...
The recent confluence of my Conflict Transformation work with the New York Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and the richly rewarding session offered by David Hoffman at the April 2014 Meeting of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section have made me increasingly aware of the moral component of...