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Quality dispute resolution starts with listening
Despite critics who say that mediation is relied on too much these days, Michael Rust thinks there are even greater opportunities for this type of alternative dispute resolution.
Negotiating the shoals of mediation
I recently took a class in negotiation. It was taught by a well-regarded social scientist. The instructor taught us to increase negotiated advantages and avoid pitfalls.
Hospitals, senior communities benefitting from mediation
Mediation is a tool that is used to help manage and resolve conflict and to arrive at (hopefully) a win-win situation.
To mediate, arbitrate or litigate; that is the question
I have always been an advocate of mediation and arbitration versus litigation, especially in the construction practice of law.
COMMENTARY: Traits shared by effective mediators
The first generation of lawsuit mediators experienced settlement negotiations from a unique perspective: not from the sides of the table, but at the center, where you see and hear much more, especially during confidential caucuses.
The psychology of mediation
Studies show that an individual’s satisfaction with a court proceeding, arbitration or mediation depend on whether that person perceives the process as “fair.”
Traits shared by effective mediators
The small, first generation of lawsuit mediators experienced settlement negotiations from a unique perspective — not from the sides of the table, but at the center, where you see and hear much more, especially during confidential caucuses.
Mediation overhaul: Milwaukee County finds success in program revamp
An overhaul of Milwaukee County’s family court mediation program resulted in a 205 percent spike in cases handled outside the court room.
The perils of mid-litigation mediation settlements
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to reverse a significant class action this March in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
LEGAL CENTS: The dos and don’ts of cost-effective mediation
Brookfield attorney Dawn Drellos-Thompson realized a few years ago that her small business owner or minimum-wage earning clients could not afford most mediators.
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- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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