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Jonathan Andrews is a professional legal expert and mediator with Signature Resolution in Century City, California.

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Assessing emotional distress damages in mediation

Jonathan D. Andrews

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.

Hon. Amy D. Hogue (Ret.)

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...

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The eyes of an immigrant

Greg D. Derin

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

Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.)

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...

Mediation services available from Signature Resolution provided by legal experts such as Greg D. Derin.

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The power of words

Greg D. Derin

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

Rex Darrell Berry

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?

Hon. Dalila C. Lyons (Ret.)

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...

Mediation services available from Signature Resolution provided by legal experts such as Greg D. Derin.

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Prometheus Re-Bound? The Future of Copyright in the Time of AI

Greg D. Derin

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

Angela J. Reddock-Wright | Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.)

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...

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

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Navigating the workplace with compassion when a colleague is grieving

Hon. Tricia A. Bigelow (Ret.)

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

Hon. Robert McGuiness (Ret.)

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

Hon. Abraham Khan (Ret.)

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...