ANNAPOLIS – The Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday to late-filed legislation that would require thousands of pending lawsuits alleging illness from asbestos exposure be referred for mediation within the executive branch. The bill, which the Senate could vote on as ...

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  This writer’s 21st-century “branding” is as a “senior judge” when I am recalled to sit as a trial court judge or as a mediator for the Court of Special Appeals or for a trial court. When I am not ...

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More than 10 years have passed since Randall Kiser and his colleagues documented how often and at what cost attorneys obtain a result worse than what could have been achieved by accepting their opponents’ pre-trial settlement proposal. Generally speaking, Kiser ...

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Many lawyers default to their role as advocates for legal rights without considering the quality of counsel they give to clients regarding risk management.

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Increasing access to justice will proceed more smoothly if we contemporaneously address and temper the enhanced expectations honestly and forthrightly

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Here are a few tips to keep in mind when negotiating with someone whose cultural orientation of communication differs from yours.

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Being a student of the law has unquestionably made me a better parent.

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Skilled mediators are elephant-whisperers, able to manage and redirect powerful emotions with grace and, at times, bring about new understandings.

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Coming to arbitration practice from years on the bench, I was somewhat surprised to encounter party-appointed arbitrators who were not entirely impartial. Because commercial arbitration has its roots in labor arbitration and collective bargaining negotiations with company and union representatives ...

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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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