Author's texts and analysis.
When discussing mediation in labor relations, it is worth clarifying precisely what is meant, because three different concepts hide beneath this single term. The first is individual disputes between an…
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In the corporate world, there is a paradox that is rarely mentioned in standard financial reports, yet regularly destroys billion-dollar capitalizations and ruins stable holdings. A company with an excellent…
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Sometimes the cost of a major financial dispute comes down to a single digit. In 2013, writing in the ICC journal DC Insight, a lawyer for a Korean bank described…
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In the article about the International Mediation Institute (IMI), it was already mentioned that the Dutch Mediation Institute handed over its ready-made practical expertise to the newly created Hague foundation,…
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All the models I have discussed earlier in this series share one common feature: mediation within them remains entirely voluntary. CEDR offers it to parties as a service. GEMME persuades…
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The 2018–2019 case of National Grid v. United Steelworkers (USW) in Massachusetts was a classic example of how far escalation can go when the parties stop hearing each other, and…
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