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CPR At Work For You
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CPR provides benefits that help members meet their business goals and advance their ADR practices. Below is a summary of our recent activities.
JUST RELEASED! CPR’s 2010/2011 Annual Report: Inside you will learn more about CPR’s wide range of resources, services, and initiatives, as well as the many opportunities available to member organizations. Spread the word by sharing this publication with your colleagues.
DID YOU MISS CPR’S ANNUAL MEETING? The 2012 Annual Meeting Coursebook is available for purchase!
Non-members: $25.00, Members: $15.00. To order please contact Dana Massarsky at dmassarsky@cpradr.org.
WORK IN PROGRESS – CPR’s Patent Mediation Task Force to Deliver an ‘Effective Practices Protocol’ for Mediation of Patent Disputes. CPR has formed a Task Force to explore ways to improve the use of ADR in patent disputes. The Chair of the Task Force is Manny W. Schecter, IBM’s Chief Patent Counsel. Current patent settlement rates demonstrate that mediation is underused. The first project will be the development of an ‘Effective Practices Protocol’ for promoting patent disputes mediation.
The Task Force has formed three subcommittees to begin to examine mediation best practices from each of five stakeholder perspectives: in-house counsel/business people; outside counsel; mediators; judges; and provider organizations.
Each will be analyzed within three distinct areas:
1) Pre-mediation; 2) Mediation; and 3) Issues Unique to Patent Cases.
The work of the subcommittees will be to gather information, conduct surveys and lead focus groups with the goal of completing the protocol in 2013.
MUST-READ! Breaking News and Recent Articles include:
ALTERNATIVES: The February 2012 issue, containing our Annual Index, is available online in advance for CPR members. The index of authors, people, and topics for articles appearing in calendar year 2011 also will be posted and be searchable on site soon.
The February issue contains a tribute to conflict resolution leader Joseph T. McLaughlin, a longtime CPR board member who died last month. The issue also features Mitchell Lathrop on proper federal court practice for filing answers where a contract calls for arbitration; Part III of M. Scott Donahey’s guide to arbitration clauses; Worldly Perspectives columnists Giuseppe De Palo and Mary B. Trevor on ADR in Cyprus, and an analysis of a crucial new National Labor Relations Board case that rolls back the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s class arbitration waiver rulings.
- NEW FOR CPR MEMBERS! Alternatives is now available on your iPhone or iPad.
>Download a Free app from iTunes
Full details and links, including your Members Only access code, are available on the Alternatives page.
- Individuals as CPR
Members can access free PDF Electronic copies. Also
available for download is nearly 30 years of searchable archives.
- Hard copy subscriptions may be purchased HERE.
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE NEGOTIATION PODCAST: Our 101st and 102nd episodes feature legendary “Getting to Yes” co-author and negotiator William Ury. IDN host Michael McIlwrath, a senior attorney with GE, discusses with Ury why mediation and ADR are needed not only to reduce litigation but to address the globe’s most pressing political and social problems.
- IDN is available for FREE, (also on iTunes and via RSS subscription,) along with the full 100-episode archive. You can click and listen to an IDN stream, or download it for your iPod or other MP3 player.
CLE ON DEMAND: CPR is a content provider for Thomson Reuters’ WestLegalEdcenter.com.
25% discount for CPR members!
CPR currently has 29 on-demand CLE courses available, with 17 available as Podcasts for CLE on the go, where permitted. The courses cover ADR topics including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, as well as new practice techniques, systems design and examinations of cutting-edge issues. All are accredited in jurisdictions nationwide.
Coming soon: Sessions from CPR’s Annual Meeting, held in New York in January.
Later in 2012: An Ethics CLE session on using collaborative law in your business law practice—accredited nationwide.
Our latest webcast is now on demand, December’s “Making Mediation Work for You,” featuring New York ADR practitioners/educators Nancy Kramer and Barbara Swartz.
Catch up on two other recent live CPR events, now available for CLE credit on demand:
- A Y-ADR seminar, “Early Case Assessment: How Corporations Decide What Dispute Resolution Mechanism is Right for Them,” which features top in-house counsel, and
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the “Master Guide to Mass Claims Resolution Facilities,” featuring private and public sector mass claims experts--including Kenneth Feinberg -- discussing application of CPR’s new book on mass claims ADR.
- All sessions are available via WestLegalEdcenter.com or see our CLE Webcasts.
JOIN CPR’s COMMITTEES! CPR’s Committees comprise the industry elite – in-house counsel, attorneys and neutrals handling the most sophisticated commercial matters.
Committee participation is FREE and is a unique benefit provided to CPR's members. Committee that are currently soliciting members include:
- Arbitration Committee
- Banking and Financial Services Committee
- Employment Disputes Committee
- Mediation Committee
- National Task Force on Diversity in ADR
- Patent Mediation Task Force
- Product Liability Committee
To learn more about the work of these committees, visit our Committees page. To join a committee, contact Zosia Ulatowski at zulatowski@cpradr.org.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Banking & Financial Services Committee Meeting on Thursday, February 23 in New York, NY. To participate, contact Angie Gonzalez at agonzalez@cpradr.org.
CPR's Protocol on Determination of Damages in Arbitration: Provides guidance to arbitrators, counsel and their clients concerning the efficient and fair development and presentation of damages evidence in arbitration proceedings. >Download the FREE Protocol
CPR’s Early Case Assessment Guidelines set forth a process designed to help businesses decide early on how to manage disputes, including identifying key business concerns and assessing risks and costs.
>Download the FREE Guidelines
CPR’s Master Guide to Mass Claims. This new book addresses the unique issues involving post-settlement of mass claims, and covers all areas of claims resolution facilities, applicable and adaptable to virtually any private or public matter. >Order your Copy - only $39 for CPR Members!
RELAUNCH! CPR’s National Panel of Neutrals: This geographically-diverse group is distinguished in resolving complex commercial disputes, and offers diverse backgrounds and notable accomplishments. >Access CPR’s Panels Database - FREE to CPR Members!
CPR’S ANNUAL MEMBER-GET-A-MEMBER CAMPAIGN: Help CPR achieve its goal of 50 new members by June 30, 2012! For each new member that you successfully recruit, you will receive an invitation to attend CPR’s Annual Board of Director’s/Awards Dinner in January 2013, and your organization’s ADR expertise, leadership, and support will be highlighted with a special acknowledgment in an issue of CPR’s award-winning newsletter, Alternatives.
>See Details, Resources, Rules, and Restrictions
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ADR LAW? Contact CPR’s Research Hotline - CPR staff is available for research and drafting assistance, including help with matters involving ADR law, advocacy, and ADR applications in specific practice areas. To access CPR’s research and drafting assistance hotline, call 212.949.6490 or email info@cpradr.org.
DO YOU NEED AN ARBITRATION/MEDIATOR VENUE? Conference & caucus rooms available at CPR’s offices in Midtown Manhattan. For more information, email info@cpradr.org.
Thank You for Your Support!
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