Mediation

Want your mediation to fail?

The other side of the coin: Twelve excellent and fairly common ways to insure your mediation fails

Aside from the credibility of your plaintiff, a third-party witness may be your most powerful tool to increase the settlement value

From Issue: 2015 June

Listen and learn from the mock jury panel’s deliberation

From Issue: 2011 June

Cultural diversity can create barriers to settlement, but they can be overcome

From Issue: 2016 August

Everybody lies, right?

From Issue: 2019 August

While the same rules apply as with in-person mediation, there are nuances to be aware of

It’s here to stay, and this mediator believes it’s actually better than traditional in-person mediation

From Issue: 2020 August

Drafting an MOU at the beginning of negotiations gives you the control of the discussion that follows in the mediation

Here’s a simple but effective technique that works most of the time when there are multiple claims

From Issue: 2009 March

Finding a workaround to satisfy an irrational party in multiparty meditation may get the settlement back on track

From Issue: 2011 March

$Tracking fracking$

The Federal BLM doubled the number of California fracking permits issued in the first six months of 2019 – can more lawsuits be far behind?

They are so obvious, yet so often overlooked by attorneys