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Business disputes: Know when and how to mediate
July 01, 2025 - Shutterstock Business disputes can be messy and costly. Partners might disagree about how their shares should be di- vided; contractors might ch...
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Representing clients with mental health problems: At what cost?
June 27, 2025 - Shutterstock T oward the end of my ten- ure as a family law judge, I presided over a high- conflict case that indelibly imprinted itself in...
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Navigating Kaiser Permanente’s arbitration process
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
June 02, 2025 - ...
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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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Reimagining ADR: Part II: Slaying the litigation dragon: institutional reforms to make mediation the first strike
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
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
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
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...
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SB 82: An end to infinite arbitration clauses
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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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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Skip PAGA’s early evaluation conference, proceed to mediation
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...