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JAMS neutral Roderick M. Thompson has seen the world of alternative dispute resolution evolve a fair bit since he conducted his first mediations in the late 1980s.
"Back then, it was almost like staying out of the way - just making sure the process worked - and you often ended up with a resolution," Thompson said of his first mediations more than four decades ago.
"Today, parties expect a mediator to... (continued)