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The mediation scene in Italy sometimes seems like the upper balcony at La Scala:  Lots of opinions snd shouting but uncertain direction or authority.  Happily, Italy is graced with some real mediation leadership, some of whom are young, enegetic, persistent, articulate and smart.  One such is Alessandro Bruni.

Alessandro has recently posted a two-part article on the current state of mediation in Italy – post-lawyers’ strike, post-European Directive — that is informative and illuminating.  It can be found here and here, and it is hoped that all those interested in this vital part of the legal and economic European scene will devote attention to it.

Tags: Mediation, Public Policy

Mediators are trained to detect subtle opportunities for value-adding integrative outcomes: separating positions from interests, offering out-of-the-box suggestions, and looking for ways that the parties can find mutual benefit.

For me, that ended in an early-career EEOC mediation where the ADA claimant, having been offered every accommodation to her disability, refused to withdraw the claim unless she was paid $600,000 — more than twenty times her salary. 

In mediation, as in life, money talks.  And Dwight Golann has recently reported empirical research backing up that conclusion.

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Tags: Add new tag, Mediation

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.

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Tags: ADR Institutions

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 »

Tags: ADR Institutions