PGP Mediation


Posts discuss studies related to mediation and negotiation behavior and preview mediation conferences in California.

Author: Phyllis Pollack is a solo practitioner and mediator in Los Angeles.

Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • States • California • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from PGP Mediation


  • LET ME “SLEEP ON IT”

          Recently, LiveScience.com published an article entitled “Why ‘Sleeping On It’ Helps” by John M. Grohol, PSYD. The thesis of the article is that “the brain makes good unconscious decisions when we let it” (p.…

  • MEDIATION CONFIDENTIALITY : REVISITED ONCE AGAIN

           On Thursday, November 12, 2009, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District issued its opinion in Michael Cassel v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Pearson, LLP -…

  • INTUITION OR COUNTER-INTUITION?

             On Saturday, November 7, 2009, Dr. Daniel Druckman, Professor of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia delivered the 5th Annual L. Randolph Lowry Lecture at Southern California Mediation…

  • THE POWER OF AN APOLOGY

           In my various mediation training classes, we have discussed the pros and cons of an apology; whether it should be given and if so, under what circumstances.        From my own life experience, I…

  • PHYSICAL PRESENCE

           As I have mentioned several times over the last few weeks, the Southern California Mediation Association (“SCMA”) will be hosting its Annual Conference on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Pepperdine University School of Law,…