The private mediation market is flooded with people looking to break into the field. When law students ask me whether they can make a career in mediation, I tell them to become a well-respected judge for about a decade, retire, ...

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When families fight, mediation can help resolve disputes before rifts form and relatives stop speaking to each other. And, as people live longer, there are more possible conflicts among family members about who takes care of an aging parent, who ...

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OCEAN CITY – Court-affiliated alternative dispute resolution has grown quickly in Maryland since its inception several decades ago, with more than 70 individual ADR programs currently able to handle family law, civil and criminal cases from the district courts to ...

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This column is the first of a series of columns which will detail the parallel growth and development of alternative dispute resolution in Maryland with the advent and evolution of “problem-solving courts.” Upon reflection, this seems not to have been ...

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Now-retired Court of Appeals Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. saw it coming as he approached the state's mandatory judicial retirement age of 70.

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Alternative dispute resolution was once thought of as a resource primarily for small claims and family law cases but is now gaining traction in more high-stakes lawsuits, including commercial litigation and business disputes. ADR also is often considered the purview ...

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Of all the awards presented at the Maryland State Bar Association's Annual Meeting in Ocean City, the one you won't find is a prize for Best Booth.

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Retired judges Gale E. Rasin and Stephen P. Johnson and lawyers David K. Bowersox, Louis J. Levy and Roger D. Meade have joined the alternative dispute resolution panel at Creative Dispute Resolutions LLC.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Grounds for vacating arbitration award BOTTOM LINE: Appellate court erred when it vacated arbitration award on basis that award was “completely irrational” and demonstrated “manifest disregard of the law.” CASE: Downey v. Sharp, No. 19, Sept. Term, ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Alternative Dispute Resolution, Grounds for vacating arbitration award: Appellate court erred when it vacated arbitration award on basis that award was “completely irrational” and demonstrated “manifest disregard of the law.” Downey v. Sharp, No. 19, Sept. ...

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