U.S. high court says “too darn bad” to class action
The U.S. Supreme Court’s continuing love affair with arbitration has yielded two recent decisions that will have a significant impact on consumer and employment cases, limiting class actions. In Oxford...
View ArticleMediation a key tool for work with veterans
VIRGINIA BEACH – Virginia bar leaders hope to boost the number of lawyers volunteering to help veterans with their legal struggles, and educating attorneys about the special needs of military clients...
View ArticleFamily mediators may look to new credential
When families split up legally, family mediators can keep them working together on common ground such as child-rearing. This forward-looking practice may be what keeps family mediators reaching for new...
View ArticleArbitration clause enforced against housekeeper
A businessman who had his live-in housekeeper sign an arbitration clause when she started work at his house six years ago can use the clause to keep her job-related claims out of court, the Supreme...
View ArticleMediation plan questioned in meningitis cases
Lawyers for Virginia patients who claim they contracted fungal meningitis from medicine prepared by a Massachusetts laboratory are skeptical about the reach of an early mediation proposal offered by a...
View ArticleA judge reflects on 10 years of work as a mediator
Judge Diane McQ. Strickland, who retired from the bench and began mediating 10 years ago, shares her reflections on what she's learned in the past decade.
View ArticleJohn McCammon – Team builder, consensus builder
John B. McCammon soon will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The McCammon Group, Virginia’s largest mediation service. But he still remembers the joy of putting his team together and the energy that...
View ArticleDon’t wait for trouble to seek ADR
Parties just going into business together may believe everything is going to work out swell. Litigators know it does not always happen that way. Business attorneys would be wise to add an alternative...
View ArticleIntegrative law movement favors healing approach
More than 20,000 legal practitioners worldwide have abandoned their adversarial, win-at-all-costs approach in favor of a more holistic method. The growing integrative law movement draws on everything...
View ArticleSuccessful mediation starts with preparation, client management
No longer is mediation the new strategy on the block; however it continues to be discussed and, in some cases debunked by litigants and their counsel. One might ask, “What reasons underlie the negative...
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