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The Legal Intelligencer

What Neuroscience Can Teach Legal Professionals About Settlement Negotiations

There is much that the latest developments in neuroscience can teach legal professionals about negotiations. This is particularly true when it comes to how people process information and make decisions. Mediators and lawyers alike can benefit particularly from what neuroscientists have revealed about priming and framing, two potent filtering mechanisms that can either inflame the emotional barriers to settlement or potentially defuse them.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Selecting Non-Neutral Arbitrators in a Multiparty Dispute

Arbitrator selection represents one of the most critical acts undertaken by any party to a dispute. After all, the arbitrator is empowered to render an unassailable decision that is rarely subject to appellate review.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Harry Mazadoorian: Forward Progress And Other Lessons From Football

All too often, substantial progress is made during the early or mid-portion of the mediation, only to be pushed back many yards. Then, parties sometimes revert to extreme positions which they had previously abandoned.
4 minute read

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