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Alternative Dispute Resolution

May 20, 2025

Slaying the litigation dragon: institutional reforms to make mediation the first strike

How incentivizing early mediation and restructuring dispute resolution pathways can serve as the sword and shield needed to tame the costly and unruly dragon of litigation.

Greg Derin

Mediator and Arbitrator
Signature Resolution

Email: gderin@signatureresolution.com

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Slaying the litigation dragon: institutional reforms to make mediation the first strike
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In Part I of this series, "I explored pre-litigation pathways to expand the use of ADR to achieve its overall promise - efficiently meeting the interests of the parties through negotiation. "Mediation reigns, but the litigation beast ...