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Some points about mediating contract disagreements were penned recently at mediation.com by Mediator David Allgeyer, Esq. Some of the insights are outlined below: * There is so much time and money invested in the litigation. Often there is no clear-cut winner but two losers. *After litigation, the relationship between the parties is likely to be, […]
August 11, 2017
An article recently appeared at Huffington Post regarding the negotiating style of President Trump. Examples are cited from recent tapes of phone discussion between the President and heads of State in Mexico and Australia. This is the opinion of one expert in the field: “John Oesch, an associate professor at the Rotman School of Management […]
August 5, 2017
The New York Times, in a recent editorial, wrote this about the Trump Presidency: “… (P)olitics is not “The Art of the Deal,” but the art of the possible.” There is often not only one definitive solution to a particular problem. The parties themselves need to search for a solution which is consistent with their needs […]
June 10, 2017
Matthew Yglesias wrote an interesting piece (well-worth the read) on truth-telling at https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit. His premise is that lying is when a person tries to convince his audience of the veracity of a false statement. BS’ing is the term he applies to President Trump, as Trumpian statements tend to be diversions, non-sequiturs, or impertinent statements. The bottom […]
May 29, 2017
Boilerplate agreements are comprised of typical clauses that simply require an occasional fill-in or brief reference. A mediation client recently showed me such an agreement that a family lawyer had prepared for her. Once she agreed to its content, it would be shared with opposing counsel. Once signed by both parties, the divorce matter would […]
May 6, 2017
This appeared on twitter as tweeted by John Logan: CEO of the 1st company in the world to offer Marriage Insurance.Contact me if you’re interested in investing. http://www.divorceprobability.com. Life is sufficiently complex that it is difficult to envision that a test can show the likelihood of marital viability. However, there are definite means of determining […]
April 12, 2017
Richard Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations. He often appears as a very insightful and well-informed “talking head” on the Morning Joe program. He was recently asked what the recent gassing on Syrian innocents can teach us about President Assad and past US policy. His statement can be paraphrased as follows: “We […]
August 18, 2017
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