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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Aug. 22, 2012

'Neutral'-ize internal conflicts

Neutral mediation of disputes among co-owners of a business can be the key to the business's survival. By Joel Fishman of Gladstone Michel Weisberg Willner & Sloane ALC


By Joel L. Fishman


While attending a quarterly meeting of the four owners of a 22-year old, highly successful boutique advertising agency, I sensed, as "outside" corporate counsel, that something was "wrong" in the room. It quickly became apparent that the co-owners, who had met as "poor students" in college and had realized great economic success through the ad agency they had co-founded, were seriously unhappy with one another. Tho...

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