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NYSBA Creation of Dispute Resolution SectionPast President James C. Moore of Rochester (Harter Secrest & Emery LLP), chair of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, presented the committee’s resolution…Read more…
Mediation – Alchemical Crucible For Transforming Conflict To ResolutionDay in and day out, we encounter one another, make deals and resolve disputes. Whether it is setting a bedtime with a recalcitrant five-year old, making dinner plans with a narcissistic couple, setting up a distributorship, breaking a lease or the host of other issues that might make their way into court if not otherwise resolved – we negotiate. Negotiation is so common, we barely notice it…Read more…
Sausage Making Laid BareDefinitive Creative Impasse-Breaking Techniques in Mediation – Chapter from book published by New York State Bar Association.Read more…
New York State Bar Dispute Resolution Section – White Paper on Insurance DisputesAt the heart of the insurance business is the resolution of claims. Insurers routinely adjust claims and provide for indemnity and defense. Accordingly, some have said that the business of insurers is litigation. In fact, it is more accurate to say that the business of insurers is dispute resolution: including negotiation, mediation, neutral evaluation, and arbitration, as well as litigation…Read more…