At the recent Annual Meeting of the CPR Institute in New York, Cornell Professor David B. Lipsky presented some of the results from a recent survey of the Fortune 1000, comparing the current use of ADR with the use that was reported in a similar survey in 1997. The results are very interesting and, for the most part, good news.
A few years ago I fell head-over-heels for a recording in which a beautiful vocal group — Chanticleer — performed a beautiful 20th Century work — Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria — and I offered it to readers of this blog by way of greetings of the season.
Two years have passed and my cyber-friendships have broadened and deepened. Yet nothing tops perfection, and so I invite you to treat yourself to five minutes of utter beauty by clicking here. Very best wishes to you!
F. Peter Phillips
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has sold its dispute resolution provider service, IDRS Ltd., to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CeDR). Both organizations see the sale as the beginning of a closer, mutually beneficial, relationship.
The New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators is holding its Annual Conference all day Saturday, November 19. The keynote speaker is Joanna Jacobs of the US Department of Justice’s Office of Dispute Resolution. Read more »
