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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dec. 24, 1999

Unsettling Settlements

By Michael Young In a recent mediation, no briefs had been submitted and no pre-mediation conference calls had taken place, so I had no warning that I was face-to-face with an ethical dilemma. Although I had heard of these creatures, I believed them to be pedagogical exercises for discussion only, without practical application. I was wrong.

        By Michael Young
        
        In a recent mediation, no briefs had been submitted and no pre-mediation conference calls had taken place, so I had no warning that I was face-to-face with an ethical dilemma. Although I had heard of these creatures, I believed them to be pedagogical exercises for discussion only, without practical applicati...

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