Hon. Allen S. Goldberg (Ret.) Joins JAMS in Chicago

September 9, 2013

Chicago – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, today announced the addition of Hon. Allen S. Goldberg (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Goldberg will be based in the JAMS Chicago Resolution Center. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and…

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Family Business Disputes- Expanding Your Mediation Practice

Guest writer Richard Lutringer is is moderating a discussion with panelists Prof. Peter Begalla, Warren von C. Baker and Matthew Caras at the 2013 ACR Annual…

Among the fears that some of us have about interpersonal conflict is the loss of something important to us. It may be a fear we will lose what we are fighting for. It may be we fear losing the relationship. We may fear the loss of our position or status. Another loss some of us have when we are in conflict, or when we expect one may evolve, has to do with losing face and experiencing related emotions such as humiliation.

According to one …

You’ve seen it before, and you’ll see it again:

• Someone digs in his heels and adamantly refuses to admit he’s wrong, even though the evidence is clearly against him.

• Someone devotes far more resources to trying to defeat someone than she can possibly recover, even if she wins.

• Someone gets into a heated disagreement with a relative or co-worker about how to address a…

The Pasta Wars, our Prisoner’s Dilemma simulation-game, will be appearing in one of the negotiation field’s leading teaching books: NEGOTIATION: READINGS, EXERCISES, AND CASES (edited by Roy Lewicki, Bruce Barry, and David Saunders), soon to come out in a 7^th edition.

The 6^th edition included the AuraCall and Live8 simulations, which many of you out there have had the pleasure (?) of experiencing – they’ll be…

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With Age Comes Wisdom

Guest writer Julie Denny is presenting along with Debra Dupre and Zena Zumeta at the 2013 ACR Annual Conference

We are three experienced mediators. We will…