Mediation Matters: You Look Great and Other Compliments Effect on Negotiators http://stevemehta.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/you-look-great-and-other-compliments-effect-on-negotiators/            Florida ADR Law: Orlando Theme Parks Push for Parental-Child Liability Waivers http://floridaarbitrationlaw.com/blogs/index.php?blog=5&title=orlando_theme_parks_push_for_parental_ch&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1            Business Conflict Blog: Can You Recognize When You’re Being “Reality Tested”? http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2010/03/can-you-recognize-when-youre-being-reality-tested/            ADR News Ticker http://www.adrtoolbox.com/ (check out new ADR news ticker -- still improving it -- comments welcome)            Loree Forum: First Circuit Considers Whether an Arbitration Clause is Mandatory or Optional http://loreelawfirm.com/blog/the-first-circuit-considers-whether-an-arbitration-clause-is-mandatory-or-optional-powershare-inc-v-syntel-inc?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Loreelawfirmcom+%28loreelawfirm.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader           

Negotiation is an art informed by science. Legal remedies mark off potential outcomes. Economic game theory moves us from possibilities to probabilities.  Buying a lottery ticket makes a win possible. Calculating the odds of actually winning forces us to assess probabilities.  It will never be an algorithmic exercise due to the complexities of the human mind. But brain science helps us roll known cognitive errors into our analysis. These tools help negotiators and mediators improve the likelihood of a successful outcome.