Negotiation Law Blog - Want to Understand Your Jury Pool? Watch Campaign News - Comments http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/ Southern California Arbitration Mediation & Conflict Resolution: Settle it Now Dispute Resolution Services: Serving Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Century City en Copyright 2012 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:06:03 -0800 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:06:03 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Anne Reed What a wonderful post. "Reconciliation. Accountability. Understanding. Consensus." is one of the best summaries of good mediation I've ever seen. And thanks for the kind words.

]]> http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22187 http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22187 AdvocacyBlawgsCollaborationConflict ResolutionDeal MakingLegal PracticeMediationNarrativeNegotiationNegotiation Strategy and TacticsPower of PersuasionSettlementTruth Justice and the American Way Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:50 -0800 Victoria Pynchon michael webster Victoria writes: "And mediators? What's on display at our hot dog stand? The needs and desires of the parties, certainly.

Many arrive at the mediation without having given any thought to their own true wishes at all. We tend to go a little deeper than the negotiators, who are selling the future rather than also attempting to repair the past."

One of my clients today, who declined litigation, said -in the context of franchise litigation- that the "repair costs" were not worth the fight.

The repair costs to the relationship outweighed the possible gains.

You can steal the prhase - repair costs.

It is a good one.

]]> http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22188 http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22188 AdvocacyBlawgsCollaborationConflict ResolutionDeal MakingLegal PracticeMediationNarrativeNegotiationNegotiation Strategy and TacticsPower of PersuasionSettlementTruth Justice and the American Way Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:50 -0800 Victoria Pynchon Vickie I usually agree, Michael, that repairing damage done in a small business setting is rarely worth THE FIGHT. "Repair costs," however, don't have to include the cost of flighting, i.e., litigation. Repair costs are usually worth engaging the conflict and attempting to resolve it. Take a look at today's second post, Michael. I wonder how long it will take us to stop believing we have to fight first and make peace second. Couldn't we just skip the war and go directly to the peace conference?

]]> http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22189 http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/conflict-resolution/want-to-understand-your-jury-pool-watch-campaign-news/#22189 AdvocacyBlawgsCollaborationConflict ResolutionDeal MakingLegal PracticeMediationNarrativeNegotiationNegotiation Strategy and TacticsPower of PersuasionSettlementTruth Justice and the American Way Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:50 -0800 Victoria Pynchon