Florida mediator discusses conflict by email
Part 1 of 2
Email is a great invention. It allows us to communicate quickly and efficiently, and it provides us with written documentation of…
Florida Mediator Discusses Decision Tree Analysis, Bell Curves
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
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Florida Mediator Discusses Waning of ‘Big Law’
A senior editor has published a commentary on the waning future of the major law firm in the July 21, 2013, edition of The New Republic, based on…
Florida Mediator Comments on First Party Bad Faith Negotiations
This post follows up on “When One Party Does Not Act in Good Faith” . For more on first party bad faith, look for Ms. Sands’ upcoming posts.
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Florida Mediator Proposes E-Discovery Project Management Template
Diving into formal discovery involving electronically stored information (ESI) can be a daunting undertaking involving lawyers who do not trust each…
Mediation: Quick-Cooking Can Be as Good as Traditional
UWWM Principal Michael S. Orfinger
When I was growing up, there was amidst our pots and pans a pressure cooker. This was indeed a…
Florida mediator discusses importance of punctuation
“The rule is: the word ‘it’s’ (with apostrophe) stands for ‘it is’ or ‘it has’. If the word does not stand for ‘it is’ or ‘it has’ then what you…
On Perfecting the Arbitration Submission
Shareholder Richard Lord
Help your client save money and help focus your arbitrator’s attention by avoiding unnecessary, disorganized and…
ODR: Beyond Scratches on the Cave Walls, Part II
A leading consortium of academics, business executives, law firms and dispute resolution professionals are collaborating on a new and exciting…
ODR: Beyond Scratches on the Cave Walls
As recently as last year, the idea prevailed that the field of online dispute resolution is in its “scratches on the cave walls” phase.
John…