Arbitration & Mediation

The Mediator Who Wasn?t!

Posted on March 27, 2007
Huh?!? According to the Sun-Sentinel in this article, Rachel Otto who has been arrested for impersonating a police officer also has been accused of impersonating a mediator or lawyer or both.She has a pending court case involving allegations that she pretended to be an attorney and charged her 70 year old neighbor more than $10,000 for her ?mediation? in a car crash, according to police reports...

Be Careful Of What You Don?t Ask For!

Posted on March 24, 2007
If you don?t ask . . . well, you know!In Evanston Insurance Company v. Advanced Transportation Solutions, LLC, et al., 32 Fla. L. Weekly D 526 [Fla. 3rd DCA 2007], a personal injury action was settled at mediation between the plaintiffs and 3 different insurance carriers...

MEAC Opinions ? Now Online By Subject Matter!

Posted on March 20, 2007
Whoa! You?re really going to like this!Florida?s Dispute Resolution Center has now made available online, Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee [MEAC] opinion summaries [with links to all the opinions themselves] from 1994 to 2007 organized by subject matter...

Mediation Survives!

Posted on March 16, 2007
In The Auchter Co. v. Zagloul, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 3292 [Fla. 1st DCA 2007] the First District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court?s order denying Appellant?s Motion to Dismiss and/or Compel Mediation and/or Arbitration and Stay Action filed in response to a complaint stating causes of action based on a standard American Institute of Architects [AIA] contract between Appellant [as the contractor] and Appellee [as the owner] to build a house...

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More Excellent Florida ADR Reference Materials On-line!

Posted on March 14, 2007
Really ? it?s true! The Florida Dispute Resolution Center has put its 2006 Resource Handbook online as well as its 2005 Compendium.The ADR Resource Handbook contains Florida ADR Statutes, Procedural Rules: Mediation & Arbitration, Rules for Certified & Court Appointed Mediators, Rules for Court Appointed Arbitrators, Mediation Training Programs Standards & Procedures, and the current Mediator Certification Administrative Order...

Talented Mediators & Salt ? A Commonality?

Posted on March 13, 2007
Florida Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators, Rule 10.370, Advice, Opinions, or Information, provides in part:(c) Personal or Professional Opinion. A mediator shall not offer a personal or professional opinion intended to coerce the parties, unduly influence the parties, decide the dispute, or direct a resolution of any issue...

?The Judge Did What?!!??

Posted on March 12, 2007
In Stallworth v. Phinney, 32 Fla. L. Weekly D450 [Fla. 1st DCA 2007] the trial court modified the parties? final judgment of dissolution to order, pursuant to the parties? agreement, that the parties? daughter would complete her elementary education at a particular school [no problems yet]...

Almost There ? Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Posted on March 11, 2007
An earlier post on the status of the requirements to become a Circuit Court Mediator certified by the Florida Supreme Court [Case Number SC 05-998] was entitled We?re Still Waiting!We?re getting closer! The Court has scheduled oral argument for May 7, 2007...

Are You A ?Persuasion Master??

Posted on March 10, 2007
Huh?!? Okay, how about identifying techniques a mediator may use to assist a party in reconsidering his or her position on a particular proposal and knowing when to use various persuasion techniques?These are among the concepts mediators utilize daily...

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