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Bifurcated Hearings in Arbitration: Strategic Considerations and Procedural Guidance

Bifurcated Hearings in Arbitration:Strategic Considerations and Procedural Guidance By Lisa W. Timmons, Esq. Among the procedural tools available to arbitrators and parties, bifurcation remains one of the most useful. The decision to divide an arbitration into...

A Primer on Remedies in Arbitration – By Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes, Arbitrator and Mediator

By Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes, Arbitrator and Mediator Earlene Baggett-Hayes is a senior member of Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMI), a premier group of seasoned invitation-only arbitrators and mediators. Background This article provides information on...

Med-Arb: Benefits, Risks and Safeguards – By Laura A. Athens

Med-Arb: Benefits, Risks and Safeguardsby Laura Athens Introduction Med-Arb combines mediation and arbitration into a single, seamless alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process that blends collaboration and flexibility with finality. When efficiency is the goal,...

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A Litigator’s Guide to Mediation Advocacy: Reflections on Effectively Achieving Client Goals at the Mediation Table – Part 2

By Sheldon J. Stark – Mediator and Arbitrator Part II This is the second part of a two-part article. Part I focused on the fundamental differences between the mediation process and other stages in the litigation process necessitating a different approach...

A Litigator’s Guide to Mediation Advocacy: Reflections on Effectively Achieving Client Goals at the Mediation Table – Part 1

By Sheldon J. Stark – Mediator and Arbitrator Part 1 This is the first of a two-part article describing the differences between effective mediation advocacy and more traditional zealous advocacy characteristic of other stages in the litigation process. Part II...

Michigan AFSCME Council 25 v Wayne Co: A saga of Steelworkers Trilogy, Michigan Family, and Gavin

By Lee Hornberger This article discusses Michigan AFSCME Council 25 v Wayne Co, unpublished opinion of Court of Appeals (COA), issued April 21, 2022, Docket Nos 356320 and 356322, lv app pdg, in light of Steelworkers Trilogy [Steelworkers v Warrior Gulf Navigation Co,...

Reflections on Civility and Ethics

By Lee Hornberger This article discusses some civility and ethical issues we experience in our professional practices. While accepting the Republican presidential nomination on July 16, 1964, Senator Barry Goldwater said: “I would remind you that extremism in the...

In Lichon, The Michigan Supreme Court Changed the Test for the Scope or Arbitration

By William D. Gilbride Jr. Published: ADR Spotlight December 2022 An age-old inquiry in ADR is under what circumstances must a party’s legal claims be dismissed from court and heard and decided in binding, unappealable arbitration. Over the years, several ground...

10 Negotiation Tips to Prompt Others to Assist You in Satisfying Client Goals

Paul F. Monicatti - Professors James J. White and Harry T. Edwards, in their 1977 seminal text The Lawyer as a Negotiator, called it the “The Art of Negotiation”. Howard Raiffa titled his 1982 book The Art and Science of Negotiation. And in 2008, Barry Goldman...

An Emerging Trend to Replace Direct Testimony with Written Narrative Witness Statements in Commercial Arbitration

Jerome F. Rock - A foundational principle of Arbitration is that it based on an agreement between the parties to submit their dispute for a binding decision by a neutral third party. The Federal Arbitration Act and companion state laws provide basic requirements...

Co-mediation: “Shall we dance?”

By Earlene R. Baggett-Hayesand Joyce A. G. Mitchell Co-mediation is a conflict resolution approach that has many similarities to the tango. The tango is a ballroom and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the border between Uruguay and Argentina. While the...

“The Next Level for ADR”

By Antoinette Raheem Many of us cannot count the number of times we have looked at the day’s news, been saddened, discouraged and sometimes overwhelmed by it, and felt helpless to do anything about what we witnessed. Our feeling of helplessness no doubt arose from...