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When lawyers are judged by their looks
June 03, 2024 - Despite the presence of women at every level of law - from court clerks to Supreme Court justices - the fact of their “woman-ness” is inescapab...
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Woman judges: Different but equal
June 03, 2024 - SHUTTERSTOCK T he American legal system was forever changed on the day in 1981 when San- dra Day O’Connor joined the U.S. Supreme Court. Man...
Announcement
Signature Resolution will open Silicon Valley office
May 10, 2024 - S ignature Resolution an- nounced Thursday that it would open a Silicon Valley office this fall. The new office will be the ADR firm’s fift...
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For want of a nail: In re Marriage of Lietz
May 02, 2024 - Shutterstock T he recent case of In re Marriage of Lietz ((2024) 99 Cal.App.5th 664) offers direction on the use of ex- pert testimony in famil...
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Mediation lessons from the backyard
May 01, 2024 - MAY 1, 2024 column Mediation lessons from the backyard BY GREG DERIN Amy Tan is a renowned author pro- foundly observant of nature, human and oth...
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Mediator confidentiality: When does it end?
May 01, 2024 - MAY 1, 2024 column Mediator confidentiality: When does it end? BY ANGELA REDDOCK-WRIGHT When parties to a legal dispute choose to mediate their ...
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Is summary judgement appropriate in single or few incident hostile work environment cases in California?
May 01, 2024 - Abe Melamed is a mediator, arbitrator and special master with Signature Resolution. He predominantly handles employment, sexual assault/ abuse ...
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Pre-litigation mediation: strategies for success
May 01, 2024 - MAY 1, 2024 column Pre-litigation mediation: strategies for success BY JOE LOVRETOVICH In my mediation practice, I am struck by the increasing n...
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Assessing emotional distress damages in mediation
May 01, 2024 - Jonathan Andrews is an employment law neutral with Signature Resolution. He can be reached at jandrews@signature- resolution.com. MAY 1, 2024 ...
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To Zoom or not to Zoom? That’s the question.
May 01, 2024 - By Amy D. Hogue is a mediator at Signature Resolution, and a retired complex court judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She can b...
Neutral Spotlight
Mark H. Pierce walks the fine line between protecting the public safety and helping drug users
April 13, 2024 - Mark H Pierce S AN JOSE - Judge Mark H. Pierce’s newest bench as signment involves work quite familiar to him. Now approaching nine years of...
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The eyes of an immigrant
April 11, 2024 - Shutterstock Many cultures relate ver-sions of a parable in which a group of un-sighted men encounter an elephant and seek to learn its qualities ...