Arbitration & Mediation

"After my divorce, I lost touch with my daughters. Now that they're older, I'm desperate to reconnect with them"
Dear Lesley, Do you think it is possible to reconnect with two daughters in their early twenties, from whom I have been estranged for at least five years? The trouble is that I have tried to put the past behind...

Thinking outside the pie: using mediation is no compromise
Yesterday I discussed an article on mediation that appeared in USA Today, dismayed by its depiction of mediation as a free service provided by volunteers. But that was not the only problem that caught my attention...

Introduction to Mediation
It sounds as though Peoria is discovering the benefits of mediation in appropriate cases. Although very common in the context of divorce, most divorcing parties are unaware of mediation or unclear as to what it is...

Second Circuit Addresses Subject Matter Jurisdiction in "Foreign-Cubed Action"
The Second Circuit recently re-examined subject matter jurisdiction over Rule 10b-5 actions in In re National Australia Bank Ltd (2d Cir. Oct. 23, 2008). In what the court described as a "foreign-cubed action," foreign plaintiffs sued a foreign issuer in...

Divorce Mediation
Divorce mediation is now well-known and widely accepted. Mediation means different things to different people. In our mediation practice, you and your spouse will sit down in the same room with each other and with your neutral mediator...

"Supreme Court Justices Hostile to 'Foreign-Cubed' Cases"
"Supreme Court Justices Hostile to 'Foreign-Cubed' Cases": Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc., Arctic Glacier International Inc., and Home City Ice Co.
allegedly violated federal antitrust laws by fixing prices for packaged cubed, crushed, block, and dry ice in the US and Canada.