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The peril of certainty in mediation, part 1
September 04, 2026 - I detest a man who knows that he knows,” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote to his friend and corre- spondent Harold Laski. Holmes was descri...
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Nuanced issues impacting the settlement of employment law cases: Economic damages in FEHA cases, Part 1
August 21, 2026 - Every FEHA-based employ- ment case has at least three components: the underlying factual allegations, the related legal issues and questions, an...
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Preparing clients for mediation: Meet them where they are
August 14, 2026 - A ttorneys approach media- tion in different ways. Some arrive with defined goals and negotiation strategies; others prefer to adapt a...
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Retired Appellate Justice Dhanidina Named Dean of Western State Law School
May 28, 2026 - DHANIDINA R etired California Court of Appeal Justice Halim Dha- nidina, the first Muslim appellate judge in the Uni- ted States and Calif...
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Divorces are Costly: The Case for Private Trials (Part III)
April 24, 2026 - Shutterstock T his is the third of a three- part series on ways to min- imize the stresses and costs of complex family law cases. In the f...
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Longtime Katten Partner Zia Modabber to join Signature Resolution
January 05, 2026 - Zia Modabber and Trent Reznor together many years ago A fter nearly four decades at the center of high-stakes entertainment litigation, Kat- ...
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Signature Resolution takes private equity investment to fuel national expansion
December 19, 2025 - Matthew Rich, Dario Higuchi and Ethan Caskey | Ricardo Pineda / Daily Journal Signature Resolution, which shook up the alternative dis- pute resol...
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Mediation can help clean up environmental disputes
August 05, 2025 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025 This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools F ew cases are dirtier, more complicated and potentially...
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Reimagining ADR: Part III: The future of resolution: AI, strategy and the next generation of mediation
May 30, 2025 - Shutterstock In the first two parts of this series, I explored pre-litigation pathways to expand the use of ADR to achieve its overall pro- ...
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Signature Resolution expands into Central California with 3 veteran neutrals
April 02, 2025 - In a move aimed at bolstering its statewide footprint, Signature Re- solution announced Tuesday it is expanding into Central California through...
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Family law needs a make-over: Mediation first, drama later
March 19, 2025 - Family law disputes in the United States suffer from inefficient processes that drain resources, prolong emo- tional distress, and often do more...
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Diversity, equity and inclusion training and programs – past, present and future
October 29, 2024 - Shutterstock T he days of actively pro- moting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) may now seem to be far behind us. The Supreme Court halted...