By Cheryl Miller | April 23, 2024
SB 940 by Orange County Democrat Sen. Tom Umberg would place new restrictions on neutrals handling consumer claims
By Cheryl Miller | March 13, 2024
SB 940's author, state Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, said a voluntary certification program will encourage ADR firms to prove their practices comply with legal ethics rules.
By Richard M. Williams | March 8, 2024
Many parties have become much more focused or "dug in" to positions or beliefs which to me is reflective of the overall "my way or the highway" political climate that currently exists in this country.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 31, 2024
Edelson's Rafey Balabanian, in a Jan. 26 motion to appoint him as lead counsel, said a 'rudderless crowd of firms' was attempting to mediate the cases before leadership had been decided and without further investigation of the facts.
By David Wright | November 27, 2023
When a party is subject to a consent or capacity issue that may impair their ability to understand and execute the settlement agreement, it is incumbent on the mediator and attorneys to take all appropriate steps to protect the party's interests, according to Alternative Resolution Centers' David Wright.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 18, 2023
Defense lawyers insist there's been an uptick in mass arbitration, but many plaintiffs firms remain cautious.
By Greg Derin | July 31, 2023
Mediators often find parties paralyzed by indecision as they confront what appears to be a blizzard of issues, facts, and choices, according to Greg Derin, a mediator and arbitrator at Signature Resolution.
By Halim Dhanidina | July 26, 2023
"One wonders whether the well-intentioned new law ensnares mediators without any clear purpose," writes Retired Associate Justice Halim Dhanidina of California's Second District Court of Appeal, who is now a neutral for Signature Resolution.
By Cheryl Miller | July 17, 2023
A unanimous California Supreme Court says Private Attorneys General Act plaintiffs can still file representative litigation in court, even when their individual claims go to arbitration.
By B. Scott Silverman | June 7, 2023
Emotions can be important—even necessary—challenges for resolving disputes, according to retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge B. Scott Silverman, now a neutral with Signature Resolution.
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