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MEDIATION CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS STAY ON TRACK

Chris McMurray — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:28:11 +0100

MEDIATION CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS STAY ON TRACK

MEDIATION CLAUSES WORK

Mediation is an important tool that an employer should use to reduce the cost and disruption of litigation. The best way to do this is to include a mediation clause in your employment and customer contracts.

When your contract wit...

BENEFITS OF MEDIATION

Administrator — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:48:56 +0100

The benefits of mediation are many:

Disputes can be addressed and resolved quickly. They are not stuck in the congested dockets of today’s courts. The typical mediation takes less than a day to resolve. However, complex cases, or cases involving many parties, may take longer.

In the vast majority of cases, mediation is less expensive than litigation. No discovery or depositions are required (although some discovery may have taken place in connection with the court case), and...

HAVE YOU TRIED TELEPHONIC MEDIATION?

Chris McMurray — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:29:34 +0100

We usually think of mediations taking place in person, with everyone seated around a table with the mediator. But there is another option – Telephonic Mediation – which has substantial advantages in certain types of cases.

Telephonic mediation is ideal for smaller cases where the amount at issue cannot justify the cost of traveling to a central location. It is also helpful when emotions are running high and it is best to keep the parties (or sometimes even couns...

ARBITRATION SERVICES

Administrator — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:34:33 +0100

Arbitration may be voluntarily chosen by the parties, or may be mandated by contract. For instance, most agreements between securities brokers and their customers mandate arbitration. In arbitration, the parties submit their case to a neutral third party of their choice. Sometimes the case is heard by a panel of arbitrators, one of whom serves as the chairperson. As in court, the claimant submits a written complaint or statement of claim, and the respondent submits an written answer. ...