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Civil Collaborative Law
Bob Meynardie

Exciting New Alternatives For Claims Resolution

Resolving commercial and construction disputes is expensive. According to one source, 98% of commercial disputes are resolved prior to trial or arbitration. However, most are not resolved until the parties have spent an enormous amount

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Arbitration
Bob Meynardie

Can Arbitration Be Saved?

I preface this post with the disclosure that in my practice I serve both as an arbitrator — AAA administered and privately administered — and as an advocate in arbitration. In talking to lawyers throughout

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Mediation Theory
Bob Meynardie

The Mediator’s Role In Positional Bargaining, Part 1

In spite of an acknowledged preference for interest-based “principled” negotiation, I acknowledged in my previous post that every civil mediation eventually becomes a positional battle.  This is largely because virtually every civil litigation is resolved

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Mediation Theory
Bob Meynardie

Is Positional Bargaining Unavoidable?

One of the primary tenets of Roger Fisher and William Ury’s book “Getting to Yes” is that negotiations should focus on interests not positions, i.e., avoid positional bargaining.  Positional bargaining takes place when each side

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Negotiation
Bob Meynardie

Are You Competitive or Cooperative?

As a 49ers fan I have been intrigued by stories about the former head coach, Jim Harbaugh. His brother, Ravens coach John Harbaugh, tells the story of how as a Little League baseball player Jim

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Negotiation
Bob Meynardie

Amazing Face Reading

At a recent meeting of a trade group, the lunch time speaker was Mac Fulfer, a lawyer and professional face reader. So what is a face reader and why am I talking about it in

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Mediation Theory
Bob Meynardie

Back To The Basics

I have recently been reading a number of relatively new books with claims of a revolutionary new way to approach negotiation. Without exception and without naming names, each new source has been insightful and a

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