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Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Mediation in Divorce: What to Expect

Many people going through divorce wish they could “just mediate” their case. The good news is that several counties in Washington state, including King and Snohomish County, require that spouses engage in “alternative...more

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Is Your Construction Mediator Really a Neutral Who’s Neutral?

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At Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, they teach an Executive Education course called Negotiation Strategies upon an adage, among others, that negotiation is the art of letting the other side have it your way....more

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Legal Dispute: How to choose the right method of dispute resolution

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Civil legal disputes as the Western world knows them date back to ancient Rome, yet society never seems to tire of them. Nearly 11.5 million new civil cases were filed in U.S. state and federal courts in 2021 alone....more

White and Williams LLP

District of New Jersey Court Clarifies Primary Insurer’s Duty of Good Faith to Excess Insurer

A primary insurer has a duty of good faith to an excess insurer to attempt to negotiate a settlement with a third-party claimant within the primary insurer’s limits. However, determining whether that duty of good faith was...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights, Issue 21 - August 2020

This 21st edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, pairs defense victories with new claims. Lenders obtained the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming agent fees under the PPP program, and...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Facing Backlog Using Dispute Resolution Post COVID-19

On March 17, 2020, in response to COVID-19, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore closed all New York State Courts for nonessential services, which effectively shut down the majority of cases pending before the courts and prevented the...more

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California Mediation Confidentiality May Apply to Third Party “Participants” Retained to Provide Analysis

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California Evidence Code section 1119 governs the general admissibility of oral and written communications generated during the mediation process. Section 1119(a) provides that “[n]o evidence of anything said or any admission...more

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Potential Benefits of Divorce Mediation

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Divorce mediation is a process of resolving disputes by engaging a neutral third party who acts as a facilitator, assisting the divorcing spouses in reaching an agreement....more

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