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Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   The “Digital Divide” identifies the gap between those who have easy and ready access to computers and the internet and those who do not. This divide has become more readily apparent …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   The concept of “collaborative law” as a means of resolving disputes without going to court has been utilized within the family law community for years. When applied in domestic and custody …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   One of the programs that has developed from the growing evolution of alternative dispute resolution is that of Dispute Resolution Boards.   What is a DRB? A Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   THE MEDIATION MINUTE: Insights on Alternative Dispute Resolution is a compilation of articles about the process, strategy and psychology of successful mediations. The topics are varied and hopefully some of the …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   As litigants and mediators have long understood, by the time a case is resolved, the parties involved have sometimes worked for many hours on what can be a grueling process. Therefore, …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   The success of mediation is well known. In excess of 85% of all cases are settled when the parties come together to talk about their dispute, when each side has the …

Mon, Aug 4th, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Scott Zucker   One of my favorite expressions has always been “we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” This adage may be nowhere …

Thu, Jul 31st, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Ed Cohen   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed dramatic changes to environmental regulations in recent months, including its announcement, in March, of what it called the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history.” …

Thu, Jul 31st, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By James Young   Many attorneys have never been placed in the role of a client. So, think about it. Put yourself in your client’s proverbial shoes. How do you feel? You’re likely to be …

Thu, Jul 31st, 2025 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Jason Harper   A little over two hours into the mediation and most of the pots and pans had been divided. Even child support, as meager as it was, was agreed upon. The wife …