Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 388: Listen and Learn – Policy Exclusions (Evidence)
State AG Pulse | Money, Money, Money: Where does it go and why?
Sending Up the Mediation Smoke Signal: Tools that Policyholders Have Available to Settle A Claim With A Recalcitrant Insurer
What to do When Your Business Has Been Sued
Settling a Claim: Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
What Will Happen at My Mediation?
The Court examined “without prejudice” privilege and litigation privilege as they apply to settlement agreements and their inspection by co-defendants. In BGC Brokers LP & Ors v. Tradition UK & Ors, the English Court of...more
Over the last 10 to 15 years, the term “bracketing” has emerged to summarize the mediation process of negotiating the high and low of the bargaining zone. For a variety of reasons, some users of mediation services resist...more
A guide to mediation and the other main types of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in England and Wales. ...more
I have recently discovered some additional, impasse-busting techniques for your consideration when the negotiating process grinds to a halt. The Mediator’s Bracket - This is a useful technique in both early and late...more
You have most likely walked out of a mediated settlement conference at which the shorthand version of the settlement put to paper by the lawyers and the mediator stated that there would be a later, more detailed agreement. ...more
A mediator is a facilitator who has the skill to work around or overcome obstacles to settlement created by parties or their counsel. In particular, when negotiations have gotten the parties close to a settlement, the skilled...more