If you’ve been paying attention today’s news, you’ve probably heard that the owners of the New York Mets baseball team and Irving Pickard, the trustee for the Madoff vicitms, settled the Trustee’s claim for $1billion in damages for a reported $162million. This article in the NYTimes gives some interesting information about the case generally and … Continue reading What do the Mets, Bernie Madoff, and Mario Cuomo have in Common?
The SEC has published two requests for public comment on proposals to amend two separate FINRA Dispute Resolution procedural rules. The SEC’s first request for comment on a FINRA rule change proposal to raise the monetary threshold for Simplified Arbitration cases from $25,000 to $50,000. See the Federal Register Notice here. Comments are due by … Continue reading SEC Seeks Public Comment on Two FINRA Dispute Resolution Rule Proposals
The annual CPR awards for the best ADR papers, books, and projects were recently announced. Kudos to my friend and ASU colleague Roselle Wissler for winning the Professional Article category with her article Court-Connected Settlement Procedures: Mediation and Judicial Settlement Conferences, 26 Ohio St. J. on D.R. 23 (2011) . Kudos are also due to Mizzou law prof … Continue reading CPR Award Winners Announced !!!
The more intense the conflict, the more need for pre-mediation caucusing because the novice in the room is the driver of how fast or far along. Other than abuse or high intense conflict cases are the only indicators that pre-caucusing mediation is needed – otherwise there’s a need for investigation. He’s not a proponent of … Continue reading Mike Geigerman (Wash U Adjunct) – Pre-Mediation Caucusing
Jennifer’s work on empathy is fantastic and she continues that line of schlolarship w/ the piece. Essentially she says that when addressing value-based problems, empathy is critical. The paper discusses how to teach empathy (yes, it can be done). Jen in conjunction with Larry Susskind have developed roleplays doing this (available at the Harvard PON) … Continue reading Jennifer Brown (Quinnipiac) – Practicing Empathy in Values-Based Negotiation Role Plays
I am forwarding a great report from Sean Nolon about its anniversary DR conference at Vermont last month: On October 12th the Dispute Resolution Program at Vermont Law School celebrated 30 years of teaching dispute resolution with an anniversary conference by hosting Josh Stulberg, Lawrence Susskind, Jack McCrory, Amy Cohen and Phil Harter. The conference … Continue reading DR Anniversary Conference at Vermont Law School
Jonathan Hyman (Rutgers) has posted The Roots of Impasse in the Mind of the Mediator, a book chapter in Definitive Creative Impasse-Breaking Techniques in Mediation (Molly Klapper ed., 2011). The abstract: Impasse in mediation can arise on a fundamental level from differences in the cognitive frameworks within which the participants – and the mediator – … Continue reading Hyman on the Roots of Impasse
From the Chair of the Section of Dispute Resolution, Debbie Masucci: Please join us in celebrating ABA Mediation Week October 16-22. “Civility and Civil Public Discourse” is the theme. This year Mediation Week is truly a global event. Through the efforts of our Mediation Committee over 25 events will be held. The Mediation Committee also … Continue reading ABA Mediation Week
From Deborah Masucci, Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: Cyberweek, hosted by the Werner Institute at Creighton University via www.adrhub.com, is an innovative, virtual conference to discuss various facets of the world of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) processes. Participation in this conference, as always, is free and is facilitated via discussion forums, webinars, … Continue reading Cyberweek Ethical Dilemma Essay Contest
Today is Mediation Settlement Day. This annual event is sponsored by FINRA Dispute Resolution, the New York State Unified Court System and a coalition of over 100 alternative dispute resolution programs, bar associations, community based programs, schools, public and non-profit organizations concentrated in the New York City area, and extending beyond to upstate New York, … Continue reading Happy Mediation Settlement Day!
