A YEAR-END REVIEW I thought it would be timely to summarize the mediation topics in alphabetical order that I’ve written about this year and also provide a heads up about an important development in mediation confidentiality that will take place early in 2011. Before discussing them, thank you for your support in helping me be honored by the Daily Journal for the third time in the last four years as a Top California Mediator-Arbitrator. Compelling…

A GUIDE TO THE LAST SIX YEARS OF MEDIATION MESSAGES Since I’ve covered a lot of ground in the six years that I’ve been writing my “Mediation Messages,” it’s time to review and organize the subjects that have been discussed. Mediation is a dynamic process; there is no pre-determined way in which it should be conducted. Its course and scope depend upon the facts, the parties and, to a lesser extent, the applicable law. (See…