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Tue, Dec 31st, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Dave Connor   Representing a client in a trust case? A signed mediation settlement agreement (MSA) needn’t mean that your work is done. The requirement of a signed final MSA, while indispensable, nevertheless can …

Tue, Dec 31st, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Casey C. Crumbley   After sitting on hold for a phone call for over 30 minutes in a failed attempt to speak with a human being about a pressing matter and having been transferred …

Tue, Dec 31st, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Sasan Nematbakhsh   In a highly globalized world, commercial disputes are more likely to involve cross-cultural features. (“Cultural features” refers to aspects like language, expression, body language, value systems, governments, and negotiation styles that …

Thu, Dec 19th, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Bryan Rendzio   Roughly 42% of Florida residents live in homeowners’ associations (HOAs). While HOAs, or community associations, offer a host of benefits to the residents that live there, they are frequently involved in …

Fri, Dec 6th, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Wiley George   A year or so ago, I became a full-time mediator. While mediation had been a routine component of my 35-plus years as a trial lawyer, conducting mediations as the mediator is …

Wed, Dec 4th, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Jeffrey W. Lasky   The ongoing attempts by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar to mediate the war between Hamas and Israel bring to the forefront the potential that mediation can have to resolve …

Tue, Dec 3rd, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By James Young   According to the United States Census, the number of people in this country who speak a language other than English at home has tripled in the last four decades. Now nearly …

Tue, Dec 3rd, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

We have exciting news at Miles Mediation & Arbitration — on December 1, 2024, mediator Peggy Roth was officially appointed to the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. She will be sworn in on December 4 …

Mon, Nov 25th, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By Tamika Newson   TikTok is unquestionably a modern phenomenon that features dancing, pranks, challenges, and unites the world with cat and dog videos. In the employment arena, it has also introduced the world to …

Wed, Nov 20th, 2024 | by Miles Mediation and Arbitration

By David Nutter   Breaking up is hard to do, as the old song says, and perhaps especially so in the case of partnership breakups and business disputes. Emotion and pride can easily cloud sound …