Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
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Author: Victoria Pynchon is a multiparty complex commercial mediator and arbitrator with a special emphasis in the resolution of patent, copyright and trademark disputes based in Beverly Hills, Calif. She also contributes to IP ADR Blog.
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Recent Posts from Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
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How Not to Kill Your Relatives This Thanksgiving
I kicked off a recent Thanksgiving holiday season by having an argument with my friend and neighbor the rocket scientist about extraordinary rendition and the effect of immigrant workers on the economy. I knew I'd lost all sense…
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Trial Lawyers' Dilemma Similar to Mediation Advocates' Dilemma: Making the Initial Demand
Check out Trial Lawyer's Dilemma: How Much to Ask for at the Palm Coast Injury Law Blog this week. As lawyer Phil Chanfrau observes: Knowing how much to ask the Jury for is a delicate, tough…
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Prejean, Larry King and Hard Facts Making Bad Mediation Confidentiality Law
While reading this opinion (or simply this post) think about Carrie Prejean's accusation that Larry King's question to her -- "why did you settle" --was "completely inappropriate" because (presumably) her thought process was protected by…
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Hope is a Choice: an Interview with Psychologist Anne LaBorde
I created this video years ago with my BFF and apologize for its poor visual quality (I was just learning). But I can't duplicate this conversation about communication and peace making skills. I'm posting it…
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Why Do You Think They Call Them "War" Stories? A Meditation on Mediation Ethics
Thanks to google translate (daily destroying God's work on the Tower of Babel) I can bring you this mediation war story (loosely and imperfectly translated from a German mediation blog that I'm sorry I've lost the…
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Support the Conflict Resolution and Mediation Act of 2009
Thanks for the head's up on this new and important piece of proposed legislation to Patricia Porter, the Texas Conflict Coach in my twitter network = @txconflictcoach SEC. 3. CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.…
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Harvard Mediation Goes to Iraq
Community mediation in Iraq? You betcha. Some successes are small. He described one mediation between two families: one household with young girls built a privacy wall that blocked sunlight from reaching the neighbor’s house. They…
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Conflict Revolution: Mediating Evil, War, Injustice and Terrorism by Dr. Kenneth Cloke
I spent my day Saturday at the annual convention of the Southern California Mediation Association (kudos to attorney-mediator Phyllis Pollack for a fabulous conference!) Ken Cloke spoke eloquently on conflict systems and what mediators can…
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Impatience Key to Effective Mediation
(cartoon generously provided by the brilliant Charles Fincher at LawComix) O.K., I'm MUCH TOO CLOSE to this case but nevertheless intrigued by the following comments in the Recorder's recent article, Judge Puts on the Brakes…
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Mediation Advocacy: The Power of the Story
I've been accused of Kumbaya here (ask some of my litigation opponents if you want to check out the truth of that particular canard). It's true that in addition to position-based competitive negotiation strategy and…