One reason we changed the name of our firm recently to Dispute Resolution Counsel was to highlight the role that lawyers play in representing their clients in an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. The role, approach and technique of a lawyer in these situations are different from that of a litigator. The focus and the goal of the process are different and the process itself is different from litigation and trial. In a world of specialization and niches, this different process and different...
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and Chancellor’s Professor of Law At the University of California Irvine School of Law, has published “Regulation of Dispute Resolution in the United States of America: From the Formal to the Informal to the ‘Semi-Formal’” inRegulating Dispute Resolution: ADR and Access to Justice at the Crossroads, Felix Steffek, Hannes Unberath, Hazel Genn, Reinhard Greger & Carrie Menkel-Meadow, eds., Hart, 2013. ...
Lodder and Zeleznikow (2005) have considered how to provide useful decision support for those attempting to resolve disputes online. Useful techniques include the provision of advice about BATNA s, communication facilities and the ability to receive advice about trade-offs. In this webinar we elaborate upon the Lodder-Zeleznikow model by giving practical examples.
Smartsettle One is our simple edition optimized for cases that can be easily reduced to a single numerical issue. In this webinar we will describe how negotiators can use Visual Blind Bidding to virtually eliminate the tedious negotiation dance that characterizes ordinary negotiations. We will explain a unique algorithm that rewards collaboration and encourages parties to settle sooner and more often. Parties that do not settle can still opt for Dampened Pendulum Arbitration in order to still come...
CyberWeek has been going on all week -- Don Philbin is presenting at 10:00 a.m. CT this morning. The Keynote Panel follows at 1:00 p.m. We'll also feature archived presentations from the week during the day today.
Friday, November 8th
Live Webinars:
Picture it Settled - Product Demo
Presented by Don Philbin @11am Eastern/10am Central/4pm GMT
Keynote Panel: ODR Forum - Visualizing the Future
Presented by Colin Rule, Ethan Katsh, & Jeff Aresty @ 2pm Eastern/1pm...
If you’ve followed this series from inception you already know that the decision to agree to arbitrate disputes arising out of a transaction, and if so, under what terms, can be as important as any other decision a business must make about price and performance terms. Armed with sufficient knowledge about how arbitration and arbitration-law works, business people and their lawyers can make better-informed choices about arbitration, including whether seeking advice from an attorney with arbitration...