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For want of a nail: In re Marriage of Lietz

Hon. Scott M. Gordon (Ret.)

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

Greg D. Derin

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?

Angela J. Reddock-Wright

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?

Abe Melamed

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

Joe Lovretovich

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...

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...

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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...