Scott Zucker is a mediator and arbitrator at Miles Mediation & Arbitration in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing ...

Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing debate by both advocates and neutrals concerning the advantages and disadvantages of including opening ...

Mediators are selected from the court’s commercial roster and compensated pursuant to the 9th Judicial District-Wide Presumptive Mediation Program Rules, which requires the mediators provide a free ...

The goal of mediation is not always compromise. Rather, the goal of mediation is agreement, and compromise is only one tool to achieving that goal. Another tool is a change of perspective, of ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Major Hollywood studios on Thursday said they would be willing to accept the intervention of a federal mediator to break a nearly 4-month-old deadlock in contract talks ...