In honor of President's Day, today's mediation tip honors leadership, and takes inspiration from Coach JOHN WOODEN, the celebrated UCLA...

In most mediations, there is a divide between the parties as to what the actual facts are, and each party feels he or she is the right...

Flexibility is important in all negotiations. However a couple recent cases I mediated exemplify how flexibility truly made the...

Mediations are a wonderful forum for people to be able to tell their story, to talk about the unfairness or injustice inflicted on them...

Outrageous vs. Reasonable? Give pre-mediation or only at mediation? Some people believe that "outrageous" demands beget better end...

In the past two weeks of mediations, there has been one powerful apology by a company HR person to the plaintiff, and a number of "meet &...

In some mediations a plaintiff, feeling unjustly treated, disrespected, angry and hurt, wants to publicize what the defendant did to her...

In a published decision, the 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld the grant of a motion for summary judgment, dismissing a legal...

One of the essential principals taught to all mediators and negotiators is BATNA, which means "Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement"....

It happens in many mediations, that one or both sides begins to feel frustrated with the other sides' moves, and expresses a lack of...