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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 ...
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The ADR ethics bill is a good start, but the key issues remain unaddressed
April 02, 2024 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools P rimarily in response to fall- out from the Girardi scan- dal, California legis...
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The power of words
April 01, 2024 - Shutterstock Greg Derin is a mediator and arbi- trator at Signature Resolution. He can be reached at gderin@signa- tureresolution.com. P assover b...
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LePage Bakery case: Supreme Court hears argument on FAA Transportation Exemption
March 20, 2024 - Shutterstock O n Feb. 20, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Bissonnette v. LePage Bak- eries, a case that could have a sig- nif...
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Do women judges judge differently?
March 01, 2024 - When Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981, it was as if the tectonic plates of justice had shifted. Never before h...
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Prometheus Re-Bound? The Future of Copyright in the Time of AI
February 28, 2024 - We have a complicated relation-ship with folklore and mythol-ogy. Reflecting on ancient tales can inform our understanding of the contemporary world ...
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Microaggression and gaslighting in the legal profession
February 26, 2024 - Shutterstock T he legal world has devoted considerable effort in re- cent years to broadening its ranks to reflect the larger society. Law sch...
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Navigating the workplace with compassion when a colleague is grieving
February 23, 2024 - Shutterstock Ileft the CAALA Installation and Awards Dinner and was standing in line with two friends waiting for my car to be brought out by the...
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Successful mediations call for an artist’s touch
February 20, 2024 - Mediation is essentially an art, not a science. Along the lines of Jus-tice Potter Stewart’s de- finition of pornography, you will know a good me...
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Liquidated damages could nullify a settlement agreement
February 09, 2024 - A settlement agreement is typically the capstone of a successful mediation. Parties to a legal dispute have negotiated a mutually agreeable resolu...
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Unraveling the Gordian Knot of damages
February 09, 2024 - Shutterstock Greg Derin is a mediator and arbitrator at Signature Resolution. He can be reached at gderin@ signatureresolution.com. I n the Fourt...
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Worker classification: New rules shouldn’t change settlement calculus
February 02, 2024 - Shutterstock O n Jan. 9, the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor announced a new rule, effective March 11, that could impact how California businesses class...