Opinion

Johannes P. Willheim CDRC 2018 Keynote: The Future of Dispute Professionals

Johannes P. Willheim CDRC 2018 Keynote: The Future of Dispute Professionals

Johannes P. Willheim, internationally trained disputes lawyer, mediator and professional negotiator, opened up this year’s Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna ...
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/ ADR, CDRC, CDRC 2018, dispute resolution, GPC, Johannes P. Willheim, Keynote, mediation, Negotiation, Opinion, Vienna
Mediation and Conciliation in UAE

Mediation and Conciliation in UAE

Originally published on Mediate.com, August 2018.  Mediation is a non-judicial means of dispute resolution, and it has become very prevalent ...
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/ Dubai, GPC, GPC, Mediate.com, mediation, Opinion, UAE
Now What? Several Projects are Already Putting the Global Pound Conference Philosophy into Real-World Practice

Now What? Several Projects are Already Putting the Global Pound Conference Philosophy into Real-World Practice

Deborah Masucci, a member of the GPC organizing committee, reflects on the Global Pound Conference’s philosophy for the spring 2018 issue of ...
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/ Access To Justice, ADR, arbitration, Data Analysis, Dispute Management, Global Pound Conference, Global Pound Conversation, GPC, GPC, GPC In the Media, GPC Report, mediation, Opinion
The 2016-2017 Global Pound Conferences, Like Those Before Them, Looked to the Future

The 2016-2017 Global Pound Conferences, Like Those Before Them, Looked to the Future

Deborah Masucci, a member of the GPC organizing committee, reflects on the Global Pound Conference for the spring 2018 issue of the Dispute ...
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/ Access To Justice, ADR, arbitration, Data Analysis, Dispute Management, Global Pound Conference, Global Pound Conversation, GPC, GPC, GPC In the Media, GPC Report, mediation, Opinion
Shaping ADR's Future: Views from the Mid-Atlantic Global Pound Conference

Shaping ADR’s Future: Views from the Mid-Atlantic Global Pound Conference

The Honorable Rosemarie Annunziata discusses the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Global Pound Conference in Baltimore for the Virginia Bar Association’s Spring 2018 edition of ...
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/ ADR, arbitration, Data Analysis, Dispute Management, GPC, GPC, GPC In the Media, mediation, Opinion
Autonomy Of The Parties And The Mediation Convention

Autonomy Of The Parties And The Mediation Convention

The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (hereinafter “the Mediation Convention”) and the Model Law on ...
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/ Access To Justice, ADR, arbitration, Commentary, GPC, international conventions, legislation, mediation, Opinion, United Nations
Picturing Arbitration Of The Future

Picturing Arbitration Of The Future

This year’s annual Helsinki International Arbitration Day (HIAD 2018), took place in the Finnish capital on 24 May. The event ...
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/ arbitration, Commentary, Education, finland, GPC, helsinki, HIAD, Opinion, Technology
Forty Years On, Practitioners, Parties, And Scholars Look Ahead

Forty Years On, Practitioners, Parties, And Scholars Look Ahead

Thomas D. Barton and James P. Groton provide an in-depth analysis of the voting results from the Global Pound Conference, ...
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The Negotiation Academy Speaks about Interests in Personal Injury

The Negotiation Academy Speaks about Interests in Personal Injury

The Negotiation Academy published a video featuring Michael McIlwrath, Corporate Litigation Counsel of GE Oil & Gas, who speaks about ...
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Co-Mediation In A Cross-Border Context

Co-Mediation In A Cross-Border Context

Trade between different states is taking place on a greater scale than ever before. Small and large companies are doing ...
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/ ADR, business, co-mediation, communication, cross border, dispute resolution, free trade, global, GPC, innovation, international, Introductory Guide, mediation, Opinion, parties, progress, relationships
E-Discovery In Hong Kong: Dispelling Some Litigation & Innovation Myths

E-Discovery In Hong Kong: Dispelling Some Litigation & Innovation Myths

At a recent conference in Hong Kong, attendees were asked about how to improve the dispute resolution process for all parties ...
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/ arbitration, Asia, China, cross border, data, Dispute Management, dispute resolution, ediscovery, efficiency, GPC, Hong Kong, innovation, international arbitration, litigation, Opinion, parties, policy, technological innovation, Technology
Evolution Or Revolution? Are We Up For It?

Evolution Or Revolution? Are We Up For It?

In a wave of efforts by arbitral institutions to share more and more information with the arbitral community, we are ...
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/ arbitration, arbitration institutions, data, diversity, equal representation, expectation, flexibility, GPC, international arbitration, Opinion, parties
A Moment In The Drizzle: Could Brexit Represent An Opportunity For Arbitration?

A Moment In The Drizzle: Could Brexit Represent An Opportunity For Arbitration?

A trigger that came with more warnings than the Daily Mail in a post-colonial gender studies course, the formal notification ...
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/ ADR, arbitral awards, arbitration, arbitration institutions, Article 50, Brexit, business, EFTA, EU, GPC, New Analysis, Opinion, politics, single market, UK
Can We Still Be Friends? London As A Global Seat Of Arbitration Post-Brexit

Can We Still Be Friends? London As A Global Seat Of Arbitration Post-Brexit

Michael McIlwrath, Global Chief Litigation Counsel for GE Oil & Gas opened his recent article An Unamicable Separation: Brexit Consequences ...
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/ ADR, arbitration, arbitration institutions, Asia, Brexit, commercial arbitration, commercial law, common law, court, GPC, international arbitration, litigation, London, News Analysis, Opinion
The End Of Free Trade?

The End Of Free Trade?

With the fallout from the recent US election, many are feeling uneasy about the year ahead. Rising nationalism in Europe, along with ...
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/ arbitration, Asia, Brexit, China, free trade, Germany, GPC, Japan, NAFTA, News Analysis, Opinion, political tension, protectionism, TPP, trade agreements, TTIP, UK, USA, WTO
Negotiation In The Trump Era

Negotiation In The Trump Era

The recent inauguration of US President Donald Trump brings a new era of uncertainty to the international community, as many ...
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/ civil unrest, effective, GPC, mediation, Negotiation, News Analysis, Opinion, political tension, USA