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 edits The Southern California Mediation Association Blog and contributes to IP ADR Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Law Practice Management • Solo / Small Firm • Legal Information

Recent Posts from Settle It Now Negotiation Blog

Searching for the Bright Mediation Bulb: Criticisms from Across the Pond
Thanks to Geoff Sharp at mediator blah blah for directing us to this great U.K. Mediation resource, The Mediator Magazine which is great to poke around in a little when you're home for mother's day and…
Is Hillary Negotiating Her Withdrawal? So Says Cokie
From Women on the Web's Conversation Today Cokie Roberts: 'Hillary Is Negotiating Her Withdrawal' with Lesley Stahl © AP A Q&A with ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts. Excerpt below:LESLEY: Let’s talk about Hillary. I’m wondering, how…
Negotiating a Raise with a Note of Gratitude to Forbes.com
I shouldn't be talking about collaboration and reciprocity without penning a short note of gratitude for the benefits bestowed upon me and my readers by the new Forbes.com Business and Financial Network. The BFNetwork has not only introduced me to…
Negotiating Power: NYC Tenants Organize Resistance to Private Equity Bullies
Today's New York Times (Questions of Rent Tactics by Private Equity) reports that investment firms have been purchasing New York City rental properties for the avowed purpose of "turning over 20 percent to 30 percent of the units, five…
Negotiating the Flaming Lamborghini Is Not a Happy Hour Drink
Thanks to Commitment Matters: Negotiation Practices in the Commodity World for pointing us to the U.K. Telegraph's provocative article Supermarkets & suppliers: Inside the price war by Jonathan Sibun and James Hall, discussing ruthless negotiation techniques employed by…
Negotiating the Minefields of Electronic Discovery
If you need help Negotiating the Minefields of Electronic Discovery, you have my complete sympathy. I hope this article by Stephen D. Williger, Esq.and Robin M. Wilson, Esq. from 10 RICH. J.L. & TECH. 52 (2004) helps. And…
Negotiating Anger: Why are They Shouting at Me????
Brilliant piece on de-escalating conflict over at Tammy Lenski's Conflict Zen this morning. Teaser and link below: The friendly bailiff unlocked the small courtroom. After telling me to make myself at home, he pointed to a small…
Negotiating Diversity: What's ADR Got to Do with It?
I'm asked this morning by an ADR colleague whether we can criticize diversity without sounding like racists. The question itself is problematic because it not only assumes a racial divide, it places "us" on the "white" side of…
The Puppet Negotiation (rated PG for offensive language)
The Biggest Lie in the Business: It's Only About Money
A friend and former legal partner was fond of saying that the biggest lie in the business was I don't take it personally. After four years of full-time mediation, I have another "Big Lie" to add – it’s…