The types of workplace conflict are universal, but the conflict resolution steps vary. When conflicts arise, these workplace conflicts can result in decreased productivity and interfere with the culture of the team, the general work environment, or the company as a whole. Conflict in the workplace needs to be addressed quickly and efficiently to ensure …
How can we truly go about defining partiality? Partiality is the unfair bias that we display for ourselves and other people with whom we stand in some personal relationships. It still remains a central theme in philosophy, as well as in practice, particularly the legal practice. Within the alternative dispute resolution sphere, the word partiality, …
The Texas Arbitration Act is the governing law over arbitrations occurring in Texas. The Act covers most aspects of the arbitration procedure and aims to ensure that arbitrations are conducted fairly within the state. While it has existed in some form for quite some time, it has been shifted and amended to fit the demands …
Arbitration clauses have found their way into many contracts in recent years, and people will often be required to participate in binding arbitration proceedings when a dispute arises based on the contract. Finding a mandatory binding arbitration clause in an agreement can be surprising for some, but arbitration is a vital part of the alternative …
While many of the legal and other professional fields love to highlight the benefits of confidentiality, many of them fail to point out the limits of confidentiality. Understanding these limits is a vital aspect of sharing your information and keeping your information confidential. Without a clear understanding of when confidentiality will not apply and confidentiality …
Privacy and confidentiality are words that are used often and interchangeably in the legal and dispute resolution world, yet there are key differences between the terms that are important to understand. Just what these differences are and how they affect information is a concept that is sometimes overlooked when engaging in a legal dispute. Many legal and alternative dispute …
Let’s take a deeper look into Face Negotiation Theory. Have you ever been in a negotiation or conversation with someone where you suddenly notice yourself taking on a defensive stance to protect yourself? Maybe you have been more willing to give in a negotiation to help the other person or preserve what you believe the …
What is an amicable divorce? When a divorce process is inevitable, a couple may begin to evaluate their options to resolve their divorce inexpensively and as cooperatively as possible. This question will especially crop up when the parties are on good terms with one another but must separate their lives. An amicable divorce process may seem …
Similar in some ways to a judgment from a court, an arbitration award decides how the dispute will be resolved. See how it differs from a litigation judgment.
By Greg Wood Arbitration offers many advantages in addressing and resolving disputes, specifically intellectual property disputes. Among these advantages are: party control (the parties retain control of the process and issues to be decided to a greater degree than if the matter was submitted to the courts), certainty of forum (the risks of inconsistent results …