At the Chicago ABA Meeting, a helpful panel was presented on "Ethics Basis for Business Lawyers." The discussion of Rule 4 -- addressing responsibilities with respect to persons other than clients -- boiled down to the ethics of negotiation. One of my favorite definitions of mediation is "negotiation with adult...
Six former Attorneys General formed a panel at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago to share perspectives on what must be one of the most remarkable legal jobs in the world....
In her excellent blog (linked on the home page of this blog), Diane Levin does us a great service by cutting to the quick of the debate on certification. Her post is an essential read....
News has spread fast about the complaint filed on Monday July 14 by the Attorney General of Minnesota against National Arbitration Forum. But as usual no one has a more complete first cut than Russ Bleemer of CPR -- read his coverage here. Bleemer links these troublesome allegations of deceptive practices to the...
Over the past 18 months I have been getting more and more involved with the "Conflict Transformation Committee" of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. That's like Quakers. Like the oatmeal. And it's going to get worse before it gets better....
Readers of this blog will remember my interest in the work of Prof. John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations. His work continues, richer and even more provocative....
Victoria Pynchon's "Settle It Now Negotiation Blog" is always worth reading, and a recent post struck paydirt: A link to an article by Donald R. Philbin, Jr., on the use of decision tree analysis -- and other tools -- in assisting parties to intelligently negotiate claims and defenses. It is...