Why are more disputing parties choosing mediation before stepping into a courtroom? The answer is rooted in a practical sense ...

Alternate Dispute Resolution is an accepted alternative to litigation, consists primarily of arbitration and mediation. Arbitration involves the disputing parties presenting their arguments to a ...

In the weeks since the abrupt end to the nationwide eviction moratorium, attorneys and judges have raced to dampen its effects. Eviction court judges have used the bench to promote federal rental ...

Families are complex systems. Mediation allows the parties to address emotional and inter-relational matters that cannot be addressed in the courtroom, but that might otherwise impede the settlement ...

Attorneys who regularly litigate civil and family cases in Florida's state courts will be familiar with mediation. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.700(a) allows a presiding trial court judge to ...

While the resolution of some recent Fayette County homicide cases has taken years, the new use of mediation in Fayette County has allowed some cases to move much quicker, including the case of a ...

An examination of how some of the other countries have institutionalised mediation to address the problem of laws delays shows that an array of institutional devices have been adopted to provide for ...

Litigation is costly, both in time and money. Making this worse, court dockets often are backlogged, so it can take even longer—sometimes years—to resolve a lawsuit. To save litigants and courts time ...