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Mediators
Longtime CPR Institute official Joseph T. McLaughlin passed away on Jan. 9.
McLaughlin, a former litigator and banking general counsel, was a full-...
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In a high-profile federal court case, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a mediated settlement agreement was enforceable, and refused to allow a party to oppose enforcement with evidence of mediation discussions. The case frames last year's Oscar-winning film "The Social Network."
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CPR has awarded its prestigious 2010 James F. Henry Award to Prof. Eric D. Green. The award, named for the organization’s founder, was presented at CPR Institute’s Annual Meeting on January 14 at the Barclay InterContinental in New York City.
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Just posted today by publisher John Wiley & Sons, Alternatives begins its 29th year of publication with cutting-edge mediation practice features.
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This checklist assumes that the Company mediation program is voluntary for employer and employee.
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Ireland’s Law Reform Commission has released an expansive 231-page report that backs a massive upgrade of mediation, conciliation, and ADR in the country, linked but separate from efforts to comply with the EU Directive on mediation, due to be implemented in 2011's first half.
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An order by the full Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sending to mediation a long-running suit over responsibility for civil war atrocities and environmental pollution in Papau New Guinea sparked a dissent by one circuit judge that castigated the en banc court’s decision.
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The ABA’s Standing Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidancehas released a new opinion addressing the level of care mediators must take when unrepresented parties request the mediator to draft a settlement agreement in divorce mediation.
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Host Mike McIlwrath’s guest for International Dispute Negotiation #84 is Glenn H. Shepard Jr., a medical anthropologist, who studies healing customs and traditions around the world. He has lived with the Matsigenka in Peru, a tribe that deals with conflict in an interesting way.
The Matsigenka don’t show emotions in public. That’s bad manners. Disputes are resolved by first by bottling them up, occasionally with the help of medicinal plants that relieve stress and “eliminate the angry feelings.”
Shepard shares an interesting story about the plants and his own central nervous system.
A public beer bash is held. Drunkenness and the court of public opinion provides a route to resolution.
Turns out we can learn a lot from this, as the Matsigenka are modernizing their processes with the use of third party neutral-like leaders.
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With Fortune 500 companies demanding more transparency in the dispute resolution process, a New York City-based nonprofit has decided to start rating arbitrators and mediators. The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution hopes its online ratings will be available early next year. Its members will be able to use their passwords to access the information on the organization’s website.
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