I don’t usually write about my mediations, in order to protect their confidentiality. But this one is too rich not to share. (Some identifying details have been changed.) A business dispute resulted in a small claims action that went to mediation through our local Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan. After each side told their […]

Michigan’s Court of Appeals decided this week that a mediation agreement was too vague to be enforceable. It’s not unusual for a mediation to end with a hand-written document that contemplates another document to finally settle the dispute. In fact, it’s fairly common for the mediation of a litigated case, where parties are represented by […]

This is the intentionally-provocative title of a recent blog post by fellow U of M alum Gene Killian. Gene is both a mediator and an advocate who has accumulated a lot of mediation stories, both good and bad, in his career. Other mediators and advocates weighed in, and I couldn’t resist chiming in too. Click […]