Harry N Mazadoorian

March 30, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We're in the height of the legislative season again and it's time to talk about uniform acts, particularly uniform acts involving arbitration and mediation.

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May 12, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In mediation, it's essential to know something about the competence of the neutral to be selected and thus about the quality of the process to be employed. Since mediation advertises heavy party control and self-determination, it's important that users, particularly first-time users, have some assistance in building confidence in the mediator and the mediation process.

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December 12, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune

While on a recent holiday visit to New York City, I saw a window at Macy's dedicated to the famous letter from little Virginia to the New York Sun, more than 100 years ago, asking about the existence of Santa. My focus on alternative dispute resolution caused me to imagine the following:

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June 18, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Recently the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Magazine published a theme issue on sports in ADR, covering both amateur and professional athletics.

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October 05, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Over the past several decades, the use of mediation has expanded to a wide variety of disputes. Few expansions, however, have proven to be as successful as the introduction of mediation to mortgage foreclosures. Only someone living in a cave is unaware of the foreclosure crisis that has ravaged the real estate market in this state and the entire country. An estimated 8 million foreclosures have choked the economy and clogged the courts nationwide, with a reported one in every eight mortgages being delinquent or in foreclosure.

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November 21, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. What do they all have in common? Include in the question the plumber, the electrician, the surgeon, the lawyer, the barber, the hairdresser. The answer: they are all subject to some sort of governmental regulatory oversight by way of examination, licensing or inspection.

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November 15, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

While Alternative Dispute Resolution, and particularly mediation, is a concept that some embrace and others reject, rarely does it bring forth strong emotional responses either way. That is, until such concepts are introduced into the criminal justice system.

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May 15, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Over the past three years, a host of very significant federal and state court cases, including several from Connecticut and the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, have been decided in the context of the Federal Arbitration Act ( FAA). These cases further define — and in some cases expand — the powers of arbitrators to decide a wide range of arbitration-related issues. Additionally, several of these cases have substantially proscribed the bases on which arbitration awards may be set aside.

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August 31, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Recently, the Connecticut Law Tribune printed an Editorial Board opinion commenting on the case of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and how his plight highlighted the status of Chinese legal reform.

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June 24, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Give a man a fish, says the proverb, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. So, too, is it in the field of dispute resolution.

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