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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mar. 27, 2010

Let a Global Audience Decide Your Dispute

A Web site that lets you air out your differences anonymously and receive third party feedback may be a useful dispute resolution tool, writes Steven G. Mehta.

By Steven G. Mehta

It is 8:30 a.m. in Department 9 of of the Los Angeles Superior Court. John Smith, an attorney for 17 years arrives in the courtroom yawning slightly. The court clerk asks him for two business cards, which he obligingly gives even though he only has two business cards left in his wallet. He sits down and waits for the judge to appear so that he can attend the case management conference. It's another routine hearing on another employment dispute i...

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