Law

From 'Alternative' to Mainstream: Why ADR Has Become Dispute Resolution

Whether we call it dispute resolution or “achievable, aspiring or authentic” dispute resolution, the underlying truth remains: Courts are now the alternative, and mediation and arbitration are the ...
Claims Journal

Order in the Court: Can Alternative Dispute Resolution Foster Better Outcomes?

A workers' compensation claim from a New York construction site sat on a judge's calendar for nearly a year before anyone ...
Law

'Alternative' Dispute Resolution or Trial: Co-Equal Paths to Justice

Jeffrey K. Anderson, chair of the Dispute Resolution Section, writes: I submit that mediation as a means of seeking justice has proven itself when compared to trial by jury as a mechanism worthy of co ...
ABA Journal

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Is it all it’s cracked up to be?

En garde! Shall we mediate? For the past few years, a common buzzword has been alternative dispute resolution—and specifically, mediation. What is that really all about? Mediation was certainly ...
JD Supra

Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods to Consider

When legal disputes arise in the business world, taking the matter to court can often be time-consuming, expensive, and disruptive to business operations. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods ...
US Environmental Protection Agency

Frequently Asked Questions about the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Resolving Title VI Complaints

The term alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is used to describe a range of techniques that can help ADR participants settle disputes more efficiently than by resorting to litigation or ...

Where there's a will-related dispute, there's a way to resolve it

Litigation is one way to resolve disputes around wills, but it’s not the only way, says Stephanie Hepburn, Head of the ...
HR Dive

Alternative dispute resolutions are reached more often when offered early in the process, EEOC finds

Alternative dispute resolution, a process by which a neutral third party helps parties reach an agreement without litigation, is more successful during the pre-complaint stage compared with the formal ...
Boston University

Civil Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

In 2020, federal civil case filings in US district courts increased 16 percent to more than 300,000 while the number of civil appeals was nearly 30,000. And these statistics don’t include the enormous ...
US Environmental Protection Agency

Alternative Dispute Resolution

ADR refers to voluntary techniques for resolving conflict with the help of a neutral third party. Resolving conflict through the use of ADR can have many benefits including: faster resolution of ...
Daily Tribune

DOJ, OADR, IBP forge pact to expand alternative dispute resolution

Justice Secretary Fredderick A. Vida led the formalization of a strategic partnership with the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR) and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) ...