Perspective
May 7, 2016
Mediation comes in many different flavors
Despite myriad benefits, joint sessions have continued to fall out of favor, without any apparent damage to the rate of settlements. The question is why? By Richard Posell
Richard E. Posell
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JAMS
Email: rposell@jamsadr.com
Richard resolves high-profile, complex commercial disputes and has experience in entertainment, trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress, class actions, executive employment disputes and general business disputes.
Traditional mediation practice, even in commercial and business disputes, has been based on the concept of facilitating negotiating between the parties, and empowering them to resolve their disputes voluntarily by choosing settlement over other options. In the past, an essential element of that practice was the joint session, usually held at the outset of the mediation, and designed to jumpstart the negotiation process.
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