The legal matter has concluded, but there is an outstanding bill for attorney’s fees. The client does not believe he/she should have to pay the full balance (or does not believe he/she can afford to do so), and the attorney does not want to have to resort to suing his/her client to collect the fee. The client, of course, does …
Mediation
The New York Times Embraces Mediation To End Dispute
The New York Times is in a contract dispute with the Newspaper Guild of New York. The parties have agreed to mediate their dispute. An article entitled “New York Times Turns To Mediation To Break Contract Deadlock" by Katherine Fung, published on October 10, 2012 in The Huffington Post describes how the parties agreed to …
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Benefits of Mediation for Attorneys
Most good attorneys at least consider mediation at some point during a case. All actions attorneys take during a case are to promote the interests of their clients. In most cases, mediation is the best option for clients. However, attorneys benefit from mediation too: Clients Are Happy. All attorneys want their clients to …
Mediating Via Telephone or Videoconferencing
People do not have to live in the same city, county, state or even country to mediate their dispute. One or both parties can be somewhere outside of the mediator’s office during the mediation. First, parties can mediate over the telephone. One party may be in the mediator’s office, or both parties may be on the phone with the …
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Star Trek Fan May Have Benefited From Mediation
I read an article entitled: “To Boldly Forgo: Trekkie Loses His Painstakingly Recreated Star Trek Flat To Ex-Wife In Divorce,” in the Daily Mail (dated January 27, 2012 and written by Emma Reynolds) about a divorcing man who stands to lose the apartment that he had lovingly converted into a Star Trek flight deck. This article …
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