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CPR Resources

Find practical commercial ADR clauses,
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your work and to protect your business
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Read, comment on and share recent articles on commercial dispute resolution, including CPR's Master Mediator Column. >more

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CPR's ADR Clauses, Rules and Other Business Resources

CPR helps in-house counsel and the law firms that represent them become better problem solvers, lower litigation costs, and gain better, more efficient results from using ADR methods. CPR harnesses the collective expertise of ADR thought leaders and industry experts in crafting model ADR clauses, rules, codes, and procedures for business agreements and practices. By providing objective and practical research, tools, and service, CPR helps you improve conflict management efforts and enhance long-term business results.
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Why Use Pre-dispute Resolution Clauses?

The best time to agree on a sensible way to resolve a contractual dispute is when parties are negotiating their business agreement, before any dispute has arisen. A cooperative atmosphere typically prevails at that juncture, so that agreeing on rational, fair dispute resolution procedures can be built into the negotiating process. Once disputes erupt, it can be much more difficult for parties to agree about anything.

Why Use ADR? "Too much, too time consuming and too expensive." That is the consensus in the business community about litigation. Most disputes between responsible parties can be settled by negotiation. But when negotiations fail, sequential use of multi-step alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, provides an alternative to litigation. > Learn more

NEW Resources and Tools

NEW! CPR's Guidelines for Arbitrators Conducting Complex Arbitrations (2012) >more
NEW! CPR's Guidelines on Early Disposition of Issues in Arbitration provides a balanced approach in the management of arbitration proceedings. >more
NEW! CPR's Protocol on Determination of Damages in Arbitration provides guidance to arbitrators, counsel and their clients. >more
NEW! CPR’s Evaluation Tool facilitates a more informed evaluation of potential arbitrator and mediator candidates. >more
2010 REVISION! CPR's Early Case Assessment Toolkit >more
CPR's Economical Litigation Agreement can be a means of reducing civil litigation costs. >more