Arbitration that works. Careful selection the key
My last two columns described and illustrated the perils to counsel and clients of not paying sufficient attention to the…
Author: Steven Platt
Which ADR Technique – Choose Carefully
Which dispute resolution technique should parties and their counsel use in the courthouse or conference room of the future? That…
Litigation vs ADR – Different Strokes for Different Folks
My last column described the cultural, economic and structural changes in the legal and business communities that have transposed “Alternative…
The New and Improved Resolution of Disputes
This column is the first of a series of columns which will detail the parallel growth and development of ADR…
IS POLITICS CORRUPT? STAY TUNED TO YOUR SUPREME COURT STATION!
Good news! The Supreme Court of the United States has finally agreed to define the term “corruption.” That term has…
Do We Still Believe in the Future?
In 1953 Bernard Baruch, a financier and advisor to Presidents’ Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman made…
Criminal Justice System Reform
The most valuable lesson that I learned as a result of being lucky enough to have been appointed and elected…
Trump-Speak v. Candidate-Speak
Donald Trump has clearly taken Political Theater to a new level and the mainstream media not to mention social media…
Could Charleston Have Been Prevented ?
President Obama lamented and vented, not necessarily in that order, the senseless and tragic slaughter of nine innocent people in…
Confronting Complexity In an Increasingly Complicated World
Part of the symptoms associated with being a political junkie, which I am, is an interest which borders on addiction…