By The Legal Intelligencer | January 16, 2018
In the Legal's Alternative Dispute Resolution supplement, read about guided-choice mediation, the use of technology in mediation and gaining a winning perspective.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael W. Winfield | January 15, 2018
In the traditional model of dispute resolution through litigation, a win is easy to define. Most times, there is a winner and a loser identified by who prevailed, on which claims, and what monetary compensation was awarded. Indeed, with the exception of limited equitable remedies available for a small subset of certain claims, this is the predetermined, limited outcome of the litigation process. It is black and white by design.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephanie H. Klein | January 15, 2018
Social and news media bombard us daily with accounts of sexual harassment and misconduct by captains of industry, the arts and politics. The accounts and identities of these formerly admired men continue to shock the public with no end in sight.
By William P. Shelley | January 15, 2018
The longer cases are litigated, the more they cost. Particularly for corporate parties, this means more internal time is lost, and more dollars may need to be held in reserve over long periods which could be more productively applied elsewhere. Thus, it is no surprise that many companies who regularly litigate closely track the time cases are open as one yardstick to measure the performance of outside counsel.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Diane Welsh and Jerry Roscoe | January 15, 2018
In the past year, each of us performed a damages allocation arising from a horrific accident—the May 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, a crash that killed eight and seriously injured 200 people, and the June 2013 collapse of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City, which killed seven and severely injured 12.
By John L. Slimm and Jeremy J. Zacharias | January 15, 2018
It is an unpleasant fact that a bad result may occur when representing a client. Attorneys are not “guarantors,” “backstops” or “insurers” of the outcome of a matter they handle.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert A. Korn | January 15, 2018
Where guided choice mediation is utilized, the parties agree on the selection of a mediator whose role it is to assist them, in the early stages of a dispute, in achieving a timely resolution of that dispute.
By Charles Toutant | January 12, 2018
TD Bank has agreed to a $7.5 million settlement of suits claiming that its Penny Arcade coin-counting machines shortchanged depositors.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | January 11, 2018
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper fired for unbecoming conduct after he was accused of harassment by a female trooper can return to work because the incidents that led to his dismissal were not proven at an arbitration hearing, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | January 8, 2018
Whenever Bob discusses arbitration with a client, he talks about the advantages of avoiding court proceedings. His first words always are, “You save so much money.” Bob has learned that his clients like to save money and that these savings are more important to them than the speed of arbitration or the ability to pick the decision-maker or the many other benefits that arbitration provides.
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