Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Many commercial contracts now include mandatory mediation clauses as a first step. Get caught out and you might be forced into mediation whether you like it or not. Pay attention to the contracts you ...

The Council has today given its final approval to a directive that updates, simplifies, and enhances the existing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) framework. ADR refers to methods for resolving ...

The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to update, simplify and facilitate the existing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) framework, with the aim of making ...