One of the most interesting mediation articles I’ve read was called “Disputing Irony” by Prof. James Coben, 11 Harvard Neg. L. Rev. 43, 98 (2006). He and his team at Hamline Law School surveyed all the U.S. appellate court cases, state and federal, 1999-2003, that mentioned “mediation,” to see why cases that should have ended […]

Following up on my post on November 27, 2021, regarding mediating Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), two scholars have just written an article for mediate.com on the legal enforceability of NDAs. They cite only a few cases, but conclude that courts are signaling “a willingness to rein in the most egregious abuses” of NDAs where they […]

The Michigan Supreme Court upheld the confidentiality of mediation in a case decided last year, Tyler v Findling. The facts were somewhat unusual; the statement in question was made by one attorney (Mr. Findling) to another attorney, outside the presence of the mediator or the other mediation participants, and it did not concern the substance […]