Efficiency in dispute resolution

How to Prepare for Mediation

Here are some strategies to consider before you sit down at the negotiation table for your next mediation.

Dispute Resolution 101 for Counsel Supporting Startups

Overview of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution clause drafting for startup counsel.

Strategies for Efficient, Fair, and Enforceable Arbitration

Efficiency in the context of arbitration leads to resolution of the matter with the least amount of wasted time, effort, and money.

The When, Where and How of Emergency Arbitration

Emergency arbitration processes have been incorporated into many institutional rules to offer the opportunity for remedy in urgent matters.

Arbitration Savings & Efficiency: AAA Arbitrator Survey Results

The AAA recently conducted a study on how parties and advocates can take steps to increase efficiency and decrease expenditures associated w

The Anatomy of a Mediation...

Mediation by its nature is a creative process - the parties’ process. As such, that process can and should be adapted to suit the need of ea

Efficiency in Arbitration

Here are two options to consider in order to encourage efficient arbitration. While neither is conventional, "conventional" should be...

Using Project Management to Identify "Waste" in Arbitration

In May 2013, while I was still working in-house, I was shipped off to project management school for a week. At the time, I remember a...

Arbitration Project Management

Where cost and efficiency are constant concerns for parties in arbitration, project management offers solutions. Project management and...

New options for arbitrator fees at AAA

Alternative fee agreements introduced In-house counsel have been leveraging alternative fee arrangements (AFA) for years in order to...

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