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For professional mediators, it's about more than assessing the case's value
Author(s) -
Kichaven Jeff
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alternatives to the high cost of litigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1549-4381
pISSN - 1549-4373
DOI - 10.1002/alt.20139
Subject(s) - negotiation , mediation , settlement (finance) , value (mathematics) , sociology , law , law and economics , public relations , psychology , business , social psychology , political science , computer science , finance , machine learning , payment
Mediation is not just inviting a retired judge into your negotiations to put a price on settlement. But some sophisticated corporate attorneys still see it in those stark terms, writes Jeff Kichaven of Los Angeles. He describes why professional mediators bring value to cases, rather than merely setting values for cases.