Negotiation Law Blog - In Praise of "Non-Lawyer" Mediators - 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 01:04:29 -0800 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:04:29 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Michael Webster Vickie writes: "Unless they're facing bankruptcy (which often accounts for litigation) the business people are highly likely to have products, services, chains of distribution, networks, technology, information, and prospective commercial advantages that can be traded along with money paid to release one another from liability under the existing agreement.

When the parties "finesse impasse by using the litigation as an opportunity to enter into a business deal," they've usually only done so with the assistance of an interest-based mediator."

This is right, but I doubt that for any complex contract case a non lawyer mediator can spot these tradeoffs.

Might be wrong.

]]> http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/mediation/in-praise-of-nonlawyer-mediators/#22293 http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/mediation/in-praise-of-nonlawyer-mediators/#22293 Mediation Mon, 26 May 2008 14:46:28 -0800 Victoria Pynchon vickie how about a former business executive in the industry involved?

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