by Hb Dev | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
Dear Mediation Attendee/Counsel/Client: I look forward to welcoming you at our upcoming mediation session. As your mediator, it is my responsibility to remain as neutral as can be, conduct the process in a manner that is fair to everyone, and to help the parties talk...
by Hb Dev | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
I often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things . . . their lives frequently embody a truth expressed by Mother Teresa, . . . [who] once said: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”. . . But even...
by Hb Dev | Dec 28, 2016 | News
A federal judge has appointed a “settlement master” to mediate a Flint water crisis lawsuit after an attorney for Gov. Rick Snyder requested it. That “settlement master” is Founding Member and Past President, Paul Monicatti…to read the full...
by Hb Dev | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog
For the past fifteen years, I have been a strong advocate for mediation. Through some mix of optimism and arrogance, I have maintained the belief that all conflict can and should be resolved through a skillfully-managed mediation process. So it is with some...
by Hb Dev | Oct 26, 2016 | News
IAM members in the Toronto area, please take special note that the Ontario Bar Association will be presenting their Award of Excellence for Alternative Dispute Resolution to IAM Board of Governors member, Jon Fidler at a celebration to be held on October 27th....
by Hb Dev | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
Words matter. So in basic mediation training we teach neutral words and reframing. But is our mediation lexicon stale and itself in need of reframing? As I pursued this question, I spoke with world class mediators, some of whom are mentioned below. The general...
by Hb Dev | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog
I wrote Agreed! for exactly the same reason Einstein wrote his theory of relativity: there was something that did not work in Newton’s theory. There are lots of ideas which, in my view, do not work in what we are usually taught about negotiation and mediation. I...
by Hb Dev | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
Reflections on a Recent Mediation: Listening (Redux) By: Jerome F. Weiss, IAM Distinguished FellowEmail: mediator@mediationsolve.com Posted: August 4, 2016 The day of mediation began with one of the lawyers scoffing that this was not an emotional matter at all and the...
by Hb Dev | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
By: Bill Marsh, IAM Distinguished Fellow in England Email: wm@billmarsh.co.uk First posted on Kluwer Mediation Blog. Perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised by the whole Brexit affair. I’m not talking about the result of the vote itself, but about the referendum...
by Hb Dev | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
By: John Sturrock, IAM Distinguished Fellow in Scotland Email: John.Sturrock@core-solutions.com Posted July 7, 2016 First published in The Herald in Glasgow. As we approach months of negotiations among the many parties involved in Brexit and Scotland’s place in Europe...
