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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Feb. 15, 2001

The Trials of Mediation

Because mediation is faster, cheaper and more informal than traditional civil litigation, it often is painted with a bright smile. But some say the sunny surface conceals a darker portrait of a practice grappling with conflicting legal duties and thorny ethical dilemmas.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Because mediation is faster, cheaper and more informal than traditional civil litigation, it often is painted with a bright smile. But some say the sunny surface conceals a darker portrait of a practice grappling with conflicting legal duties and thorny ethical dilemmas.
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