PAGA and Wage and Hour Class Actions – How to Avoid Errors in Class Data
Class data plays a critical role in mediating PAGA and Wage and Hour Class Actions. This can include data such a class size, work weeks, hours worked, and paychecks issued among other important pieces of information. One of the most...Continue reading
Transforming Conflict
People associate conflict with its common manifestations – a lawsuit, a business dispute, or organizational infighting, all things we try to avoid if possible. But what if we viewed conflict differently? Nate Regier, in his excellent book, Conflict Without Casualties,...Continue reading
Why We Survive
How did Homo Sapiens come to thrive as a species? It is one of the many interesting questions that Yuval Noah Harari poses in his fascinating book Sapiens. Harari notes that as a species we lack many of the physical...Continue reading
ICODR Releases Guidelines for Online Mediation
On May 27, 2020, the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) released guideline for mediators to follow when conducting online video mediations. A copy of the guidelines can be found on ICODR’s website (www.icodr.org) or in this ICODR published...Continue reading
High Conflict People and Mediation
If you have been a lawyer and mediator as long as I have, you have run across a fair share of High Conflict People. They are just as likely to be the righteous plaintiff as they are to be the...Continue reading
Why We All Crave Toilet Paper
One of the most puzzling phenomena associated with the COVID-19 crisis has been the disappearance of toilet paper from store shelves. In Southern California, lines of anxious consumers formed outside of stores before they opened, hoping to snare a roll...Continue reading
What Gregory Taught Me About Caring
For me, the most important think about being a mediator is caring. Not just caring about getting results, or being successful. It means caring about people – about all the people who are impacted by disputes. The parties, counsel, and...Continue reading
Zoom is Not the Only Game in Town for Online Video Mediations
We are all fortunate to have a product like Zoom in our lives.For many of us, Zoom has provided an important lifeline to our personal and professional lives. But as lawyers and mediators, we need to be sensitive to the...Continue reading