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Arbitration & Mediation

CKA Mediation and Arbitration Services Blog

All aspects of alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration and recent developments in Georgia law.
By Christopher Annunziata

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Last Entry: May 27, 2010 at 13:22:25

What Happened to the Year and a Day Rule?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Yahoo News reports that a man who shot and wounded a police officer more than 41 years ago and served 20 years for the assault will now stand trial for his murder after the police officer died last year. Yes, 40 years later. At age 64. Judge Bradley Moss of the Philadelphia Court of [...

The Five Reasons Why Your Client Will Thank You For Suggesting Mediation!

Posted on February 26, 2008
This is now up on my redesigned and updated website. Please drop in and let me know what you think of the redesign (if you didn’t see the old design, no worries). The Five Reasons Why Your Client Will Thank You For Suggesting Mediation! 1. Your Clients Understand Plain Talk...

Welcome to the ADR Blogosphere, Nancy Hudgins!

Posted on February 24, 2008
Take a few minutes and visit the relatively new blog by Nancy Hudgins, a Bay Area mediator and civil litigator. Nancy was kind enough to drop by and comment on one of my recent posts. Her blog has the admirable goal of “making a pitch for putting the ?civil? back into civil litigation...

Georgia Supreme Court Rules That Mediator Can Testify to Competence of Party

Posted on February 22, 2008
Late last year, the Georgia Supreme Court heard an interesting case challenging the scope of the mediator?s confidentiality. In brief, Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson agreed to attend mediation, without counsel, to discuss a divorce settlement. While the case had initially been referred to mediation via the County?s ADR program, the Wilsons did [...

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Totally OT Post - Go outside and watch the lunar eclipse

Posted on February 20, 2008
I am an unabashed nerd. I find most things scientific and technological fascinating, especially astronomy. It has been a while since I’ve taken any astronomy classes or spent hours gazing through a telescope, but that doesn’t make tonight’s eclipse any less exciting...

The Negotiation Guru Blog

Posted on February 17, 2008
Some of you may be familiar with Jens Thang’s Negotiation Guru blog, but I only recently discovered it after he commented on Vickie Pynchon’s recent post “How to Make Your Opponent Do What You Want Him to Do.” I have only skimmed through the content (I have to attend a 2 year old’s [...

Mediation under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

Posted on February 15, 2008
Over at Ability Law Blog, Randy Chapman has an interesting post entitled “We Can Work It Out Part II: Using Mediation.” Randy discusses the benefits of using mediation to help resolve disputes under IDEA 2004 - the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...

The $54 Million Laptop? Great?.a Roy Pearson Copy Cat.

Posted on February 15, 2008
It appears we have our first confirmed Roy Pearson copy cat. Washington Area consumer Raelyn Campbell is suing Best Buy for $54 million after they lost her $1,100 laptop computer. What makes Ms. Campbell only slightly different from Pearson is that a) she seems to have a legitimate gripe against Best Buy; b) [...

Could Online Mediation Really Work?

Posted on February 14, 2008
The MSN Money Blog is reporting today about a new website called VirtualCourthouse.com. The web site claims to provide a marketplace of qualified professionals to service your case needs. Our service lets you resolve cases entirely online, lowering your costs and increasing your volume...

Does Confidentiality End with the Agreement?

Posted on February 12, 2008
Recently, I was able to help settle a particularly thorny contract dispute. Because tempers had flared and there appeared to be some bad blood between the parties, I was concerned about leaving the parties in the room while I brought the terms to the mediation coordinator so that she could type up the settlement [...

Divorced Dad Minute - Podcast on Mediation

Posted on February 05, 2008
I have not yet listened to this podcast, but it seemed interesting and I appreciated the tone of the opening paragraph: A professional mediator can help when the lines of communication break down. Mediators are trained in conflict resolution. It’s always a good idea to have an intermediary when there are difficulties in reaching compromises...

Vote!

Posted on February 05, 2008
I don’t like to talk politics on here. Frankly, I’m afraid a potential client might disagree with my position and at this stage in my career, I can’t afford that. But I think I can safely make a non-partisan plea to my readers to get out and vote if their state is holding [...

Congratulations to the World Champion New York Giants!!!

Posted on February 03, 2008
Hell Yeah! Super Bowl XLII Champs! A hearty “Better Luck Next Year” to all the Boston/New England area fans out there. Congratulations on their amazing, but IMperfect season. 18-1 is nothing to sneeze at.

Welcome ?Mediation Meditations? - a blog title surely to confuse search engines everywhere.

Posted on February 01, 2008
Welcome former silk stocking, Wall Street lawyer turned mediator Christian Herzeca to the mediation blogger team. Christian already has some interesting posts. I look forward to reading more of his opinions.

Besieged Judge Hilton Fuller Steps Down in Nichols Case

Posted on February 01, 2008
By now, this probably isn’t even news to Geoff Sharp in New Zealand, but since it was in my backyard, I thought I’d comment. As you may have heard, retired Judge Hilton Fuller stepped down as the presiding jurist in the Brian Nichols/Fulton County Courthouse shooting case after he was quoted in the New [...

What Is Appropriate Law Firm Attire Nowadays?

Posted on January 31, 2008
A few weeks ago, I mentioned having seen a sign outside a local courtroom listing the attire the judge felt was inappropriate. One would expect that the list was for lay-people unaccustomed to the formality of appearing before the court. But an article from the WSJ (and a blog post) today suggest that [...

I had my first taste of the housing market ?collapse? today.

Posted on January 28, 2008
It was a sad case that likely portends the future. A contractor filed sued against a landlord and tenant for repairs to a rental property. The tenant claimed that he hired the contractor at the landlord’s direction and with the understanding that the landlord would assume the cost, or that the cost could [...

Spanish driver sues the cyclist he killed for property damage caused in wreck.

Posted on January 27, 2008
Who says the Europeans aren’t as litigious as Americans? This guy certainly proves that theory wrong: A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth’s family 20,000 euros (14,800 pounds) for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday...

What Songs Should Be in a Mediation Playlist?

Posted on January 25, 2008
Diane Levin helped me kill an hour or two today with her post “What songs would be on your mediator’s playlist?” Some of these might be a stretch. You might hear these words from a mediator or in a mediation from one of the parties, but here goes...

Street Justice?

Posted on January 25, 2008
A judge in Ohio sentenced a man convicted of stealing a Salvation Army holiday donation kettle to spend one night, “anywhere but in a house.” In a startling show of honesty, the thief assumed responsibility for his actions: “My initial reaction was, ‘Wow...

Busy Week - Lazy Post

Posted on January 24, 2008
My apologies for not posting, but it has been a busy week and time flew away from me. So, I’ll pull a lazy man’s trick out of the bag and do a link round-up. Everyone’s favorite Kiwi posted about Robert Benjamin’s piece Of War and Negotiation and even included a link to a critique [...

An Employee Handbook I Can Support

Posted on January 18, 2008
Courtesy of the WSJ Law Blog. When I read the the L.A. Times story about their new “Employee Handbook,” I wanted to stand up and cheer. Finally, a blow for common sense and plain language. This Magna Carta of Employee Handbooks opens with the brilliant gem of wisdom: Rule #1: Use your best judgment...

Ridiculous Lawsuit of the Month.

Posted on January 17, 2008
This story has already filtered down to that bellwether of the news industry, The Today Show, but I thought I’d mention it, too. A would be “base jumper” has sued the Empire State Building for $30 million for allegedly “endangering” his life when he climbed over the so-called “suicide fence” surrounding the Observation Deck [...

Mediation Shown to be One-Tenth the Cost of ?Full Scale Litigation?

Posted on January 17, 2008
Mediators often try to sell their services based on the empirical observation that it is more cost effective than litigation. It would appear that we now have some hard data to back this up courtesy of the Boston Law Collaborative. They conducted a study of 199 divorce cases and found that mediation, collaborative divorce [...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, the weather outside is frightful?

Posted on January 16, 2008
Yes, it is snowing in the Deep South. Its too dark for me to post pictures, but believe me, there is snow on the ground. Its wet and heavy; perfect for snowballs and snowmen. The children on my street have all been outside shrieking and giggling. Knowing my fellow Atlantans [...

Some new (to me and hopefully not you) ADR blogs?

Posted on January 15, 2008
Reading through the names of the bloggers called out in Vickie’s post on licensure, I found a few blogs I had visited before, but had been remiss in adding to my blogroll. So, without ado, here they are: Schau’s Mediation Insights. - Jan Frankel Schau had taken a few months sabbatical, but is back...

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