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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Nov. 23, 2018

Mediation buzzkill

With apologies for various maritime metaphors, here are some examples of mediation buzzkill and ways to avoid it.

Robert S. Mann

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Robert mediates and arbitrates business, real estate and construction disputes.

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Mediation buzzkill
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We all have our likes and dislikes. Brett Kavanaugh likes beer. I like listening to comedy on Sirius Satellite Radio while I'm stuck in traffic, which is all the time. You might as well laugh, you aren't going anywhere fast. The subject of a recent comedy routine was a cruise to Mexico. On the first morning of the cruise, the "boat channel" on the cabin's television showed the ship's position in the ocean. The next morning, it showed the bar bill from the day before. ...

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