Alternative Dispute Resolution
Apr. 15, 2025
Office hours with the mediator
In both The White Lotus and legal mediation, the journey toward resolution is fraught with tension and uncertainty, as parties - whether guests at a luxury resort or litigants in a dispute - navigate the complexities of hidden motives, calculated negotiation, and, ultimately, the power of a well-timed mediator's proposal to break an impasse.
Jan Frankel Schau
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ADR Services, Inc.
1900 Ave of the Stars Ste 250
Los Angeles 90067
Email: jfschau@adrservices.org
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
In HBO's "The White Lotus," viewers can see that a dead body is washed ashore outside the swanky Koh Samui Resort in Thailand; and undoubtedly, one of the guests is to blame. Then we spend eight weeks trying to guess who is the murderer and who is the victim.
In Mediation, more than 90% of cases will end, eventually, in a negotiated agreement. The question, then, is when and how that agreement gets made.
Litigators and trained mediators know that one of the ...
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