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Roughly 42% of Florida residents live in homeowners’ associations (HOAs). While HOAs, or community associations, offer a host of benefits to the residents that live there, they are frequently involved in disputes. ...more
I currently mediate all of my cases on Zoom. I have mediated hundreds of cases on Zoom since March 2020. I have found a Zoom mediation to be a convenient, efficient, cost-effective and beneficial method of settling disputes....more
The Business Court recently reminded that while there is great value to showing up and seeing what might happen at mediation, the costs of a decision to avoid the process can be more easily quantified. In Chi v. N....more
In 2000, I was involved in trying to develop a system for online mediation. The broadband infrastructure to support such a system did not exist, so we were 20 years early. It took the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to make...more
As mediators, we encounter a lot of reasons why people choose not to settle a matter. One that we hear from time to time is that it is the principle of the matter that is the impediment to negotiation. A party cannot or will...more
On June 25, 2020, the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section co-sponsored with JAMS a live webinar featuring an interactive mock virtual arbitration of a commercial dispute. The Hon. Ariel E. Belen, arbitrator/mediator at...more
A lot of people believe that COVID has caused divorce cases to drag and the legal system to be ground to a halt – or at least, to lag behind. While that is certainly the case in some counties and more particularly, with some...more
Covid-19 has turned mediations on their head. The parties are no longer together in well-appointed conference rooms trying to work out their differences. Instead, they are “together” in Zoom rooms with kids or dogs making...more
I have heard from many lawyers who have reluctantly adapted to virtual mediations that even though Zoom and other platforms work well for mediations, they do not work so well for arbitrations. These lawyers have asked that I...more
Q: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced mediations to move online to Zoom and other virtual platforms. How should general counsel adapt their strategies before the mediation occurs? A: In a live mediation, much thought is...more
Difficult times foster change and an exploration of alternative and better ways of doing business. With that thought in mind, NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation), one of the nation's leading providers of Alternative...more
I’m fascinated by mediators. To be more precise, I’m fascinated by the best mediators. And, to be even more precise, I’m fascinated by mediators who consistently find ways to settle the most complicated and seemingly...more
Yogi Berra once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Well, I am going to make a prediction that in-person mediations will never be the same. Even before COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders,...more
Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) on the impact of COVID-19 on the legal profession - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will endure long after this crisis has ended. Its impact will alter the way the world does...more
It’s been more than two months since our world changed, and most of our country was “shut down” by COVID-19. And although all 50 states have begun to re-open in some fashion, it will be a gradual and phased opening. The Los...more
We are now all faced with the reality of social distancing, constant hand washing, flattening the curve, business closures, and the tragic public health consequences of the coronavirus. As we all try to adapt to the new...more