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The eyes of an immigrant
April 11, 2024 - Shutterstock Many cultures relate ver-sions of a parable in which a group of un-sighted men encounter an elephant and seek to learn its qualities ...
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The ADR ethics bill is a good start, but the key issues remain unaddressed
April 02, 2024 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools P rimarily in response to fall- out from the Girardi scan- dal, California legis...
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LePage Bakery case: Supreme Court hears argument on FAA Transportation Exemption
March 20, 2024 - Shutterstock O n Feb. 20, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Bissonnette v. LePage Bak- eries, a case that could have a sig- nif...
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Microaggression and gaslighting in the legal profession
February 26, 2024 - Shutterstock T he legal world has devoted considerable effort in re- cent years to broadening its ranks to reflect the larger society. Law sch...
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Navigating the workplace with compassion when a colleague is grieving
February 23, 2024 - Shutterstock Ileft the CAALA Installation and Awards Dinner and was standing in line with two friends waiting for my car to be brought out by the...
Neutral Spotlight
Retired Los Angeles County judge joins Signature Resolution
February 22, 2024 - R etired Judge Amy M. Pellman joined the panel of neutrals at the Signature Resolution. Pellman retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court o...
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Successful mediations call for an artist’s touch
February 20, 2024 - Mediation is essentially an art, not a science. Along the lines of Jus-tice Potter Stewart’s de- finition of pornography, you will know a good me...
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Unraveling the Gordian Knot of damages
February 09, 2024 - Shutterstock Greg Derin is a mediator and arbitrator at Signature Resolution. He can be reached at gderin@ signatureresolution.com. I n the Fourt...
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Worker classification: New rules shouldn’t change settlement calculus
February 02, 2024 - Shutterstock O n Jan. 9, the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor announced a new rule, effective March 11, that could impact how California businesses class...
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Can adult survivor claims disregard arbitration agreements under the EFAA?
February 01, 2024 - President Joe Biden signs H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, into law in the East Room of the Whi...
Announcement
Arbitrator disclosure: designed to ensure fairness
January 30, 2024 - Shutterstock A bitration has frequently garnered disfavor among plaintiff’s counsel. Arbi- trators are inherently biased, they say, with conf...
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Eppur si muove
January 26, 2024 - Shutterstock Greg Derin is a mediator and arbi- trator at Signature Resolution. He can be reached at gderin@signa- tureresolution.com. A lthough t...