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Systems Design
A new New York state report on reforming litigation relies in part on ADR to help fix the problems.
The June 20 Chief Judge’s Task Force on ...
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Posted in: Advocacy in ADR, Arbitration, Court ADR, International, Mediation, Provider Organizations, State ADR, Systems Design, Commercial ADR Tools, ADR Policy, ADR Procedures, ADR Rules
The Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 is back: re-installed, re-funded, with a new special master, and a new mission--compensating first responders.
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IDN Episode No. 99, featuring Gary Born, a partner and chairman of the International Arbitration Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London, discussing a pledge that would make arbitration the default dispute resolution process in international commercial matters.
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Melanie Lewis outlined many of the considerations pertinent to implementing an employment dispute management program, in CPR's 2004 Resource Book for Managing Employment Disputes.
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CPR presents in this booklet a suite of practice materials that will explain some of the wide variety of available processes for prevention, control and early resolution of disputes, and provide useful practice information on how these processes can best be deployed to advantage in the negotiation and drafting of business agreements and corporate governance protocols.
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In this week’s Part II, IDN podcast host Mike McIlwrath, who is senior counsel at GE Infrastructure – Oil & Gas, concludes his interview with his GE colleague Jay Brudz, senior counsel overseeing legal technology at the parent company. They discuss the future of legal technology in corporate law departments, and provide an inside look at how one of the world’s largest companies deals with legal costs and management issues.
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The U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, No. 08-1498 (June 21, 2010), finds that teaching terrorist organizations “peaceful negotiations” may “lull opponents into complacency” and lead to “renewed attacks.” Conflict resolution practitioners across disciplines are worrying that the decision could hurt not only international negotiating and training efforts, but also potentially affect commercial negotiations and transactions.
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Documents released today by the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Ark., show that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was at the heart of a White House initiative to boost ADR use in the federal government. Kagan’s files, which are being released in stages in advance of Senate confirmation hearings this summer, show that she was a point person on Executive Order Executive Order 12988, a February 1996 document on civil justice reform that resulted in a big increase in ADR use by executive branch agencies.
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The scenario is all too familiar. The deal is done, the contract is signed, and no sooner than the ink is dry, the fighting starts. Disagreements begin innocently enough. A simple misunderstanding starts with little more than a few testy emails. Tensions escalate. Meetings are called, but nothing is resolved. Both sides bring in their litigators. Everything begins to dissolve, except of course, for the costs of litigation.
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In the second of a two-part discussion, U.K. author Richard Susskind visits International Dispute Negotiation host Michael McIlwrath to discuss managing law firms and corporate law departments, technology, and the billable hour.
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