Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing debate by both advocates and neutrals concerning the advantages and disadvantages of including opening ...

While parties to a dispute may think of mediation as one or two sessions in which the parties and counsel meet with a mediator first jointly and then in separate caucuses, in complex business or ...

Approximately 90% of civil cases will settle, with a high percentage of those settling at or in connection with mediation. Therefore, an understanding of the mediation process and the dynamics ...