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Navigating Kaiser Permanente’s arbitration process

Hon. Mark H. Pierce (Ret.)

June 13, 2025 - Shutterstock When individuals suffer injury at the hands of medical professionals, they often seek resti- tution in court or through out-of- c...

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Family law crisis: Why divorce cases now take years and cost more

Hon. Harry L. Powazek (Ret.)

June 02, 2025 - ...

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Reimagining ADR: Part II: Slaying the litigation dragon: institutional reforms to make mediation the first strike

Greg D. Derin

May 20, 2025 - Shutterstock I n Part I  of this series, I ex- plored pre-litigation pathways to expand the use of ADR to achieve its overall promise - ...

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Reimagining ADR: Part I: Mediation reigns, but the litigation beast lives on

Greg D. Derin

May 19, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools T en years ago, I published an article about the full panoply of ADR processe...

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Choosing a mediator: Why different skill sets matter

Craig Schloss

May 08, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools Craig A. Schloss is a neutral with Signature Resolution who has more than four ...

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Mediating divorce after a natural disaster

Hon. Dianna Gould-Saltman (Ret.)

April 16, 2025 - A house engulfed in flames during the Eaton Fire in Altadena. | Shutterstock W hen a couple seeks to settle their divorce through mediation, bo...

Legal disputes can be resolved with Signature Resolution and experts like the Hon. Tricia E. Bigelow in Los Angeles.

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SB 82: An end to infinite arbitration clauses

Hon. Tricia A. Bigelow (Ret.)

April 09, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools Imagine signing a television subscriber service agreement with Disney that inclu...

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Skip PAGA’s early evaluation conference, proceed to mediation

Allison Eckstrom

March 28, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools In amending the Private Attor- neys General Act  (PAGA) in 2024  (AB 2288  a...

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Mediating with a financially impaired defendant

Joe Lovretovich

March 10, 2025 - ...

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The role of the NTSB in aircraft accident litigation

Roger W. Clark

February 24, 2025 - The New York Times T he  recent collision  of American Eagle Flight 5342 with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River tragicall...

Legal disputes can be resolved with Signature Resolution and experts like the Hon. Tricia E. Bigelow in Los Angeles.

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Arbitration has come a long way

Hon. Tricia A. Bigelow (Ret.)

February 12, 2025 - Shutterstock Tricia Bigelow is a neutral with Signature Resolution. She can be reached at tbigelow@signature- resolution.com. A rbitration has re...

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Trade secret theft could snare corporate wrongdoers

Hon. Peter H. Kirwan (Ret.)

February 05, 2025 - Shutterstock I s there ever a good outcome to trade secret theft? Federal prosecutors seem to think that bad acts might produce good results. ...