conveying, sustaining, and defending a lawsuit in a court of law is litigation or judicial dispute resolution (Cheeseman, 2010). Litigation something that can be lengthy and time consuming. Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR is something that was thought of to reduce the need for lawyers and also as a way to solve problems before a trial. ADR offers a less expensive way to resolve contract and commercial disputes while minimizing the business risks associated with traditional litigation. The litigation
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right and who is wrong. However, there are more than on way of settling disputes; there is the traditional litigation process and the nontraditional litigation process. Each process is effective just as each process is vulnerable as well. The following passages will explain the differences each process goes through, the advantages and disadvantages each process has as well as the nontraditional forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Traditional Litigation Traditional litigation consists
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Among various thinkers who wrote several articles that focus on the future of the Juvenile justice system, Edwards and Moore have made significant contributions to this school of thought. Some of their recommendations focus specifically on the root cause of the problem concerning juvenile arrests and criminal behavior exhibited by young offenders. In one of his articles (Moore, 1996) Moore recommends that the juvenile courts should be provided with more legal power to hold parents and other community
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Non-Employment Conflict Management The Wamayo River has three tributaries that make the Pacific Northwest’s river basin. They have built three dams in the last two years that use hydropower, an inexpensive and renewable energy source, irrigation of water to farmers, and they also support a multi-billion dollar timber and paper industry and the home of the Wamayo salmon. The local authorities want hydropower to provide substantial amounts of electricity to the region within the
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of ABC Company Employee]: Although ABC Company hopes that employment disputes with its employees will not occur, ABC believes that when these disputes do arise, it is in the mutual interest of all concerned to handle them promptly and with a minimum of disturbance to the operations of ABC's businesses and the lives of its employees. Accordingly, to provide for more expeditious resolution of certain employment-related disputes that may arise between ABC Company and its employees, ABC has instituted
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may remain friendly and develop a decision together rather than them given a judgment he or she must abide by. Alternative Dispute Resolution In most cases attorneys opt to use the ADR and the use of the Alternative Dispute Resolution is that the benefits are crucial to a case. The ADR is not as formal as the traditional litigation, less expensive, and has a must faster resolution. The ADR process is not heard by a judge but an arbitrator or mediator. Unlike the traditional litigation there is
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The Legal Process Alea Bates BUS/434 October 18, 2010 Robert Lewandowski The Legal Process An epidemic began hundreds of years ago, and unfortunately is still prevalent today. This epidemic is discrimination, and it is alive and well in all aspects of our lives. Discrimination comes in different forms and types. When most people think of discrimination, think of race discrimination; however, discrimination comes in many different forms such as age, gender, sexual, sex
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Mediator neutrality and impartiality There are two models of mediation to consider the first is neutrality and the second is impartiality from the mediator. Neutrality is what the mediator brings to the mediation session. The mediator does not benefit from the session as a neutral party. He or she may gain some personal satisfaction of getting the parties through the session; however, there is no benefit from the outcome, because the mediator has no stakes in the outcome. (Spence, 2010). Tonya
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April 16, 2012 Young Jenkins Traditional and Nontraditional Litigation In the United States there are two broad types of legal resolution: traditional litigation (judicial dispute resolution) and nontraditional forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) (Cheeseman, 2010). Most cases will never go to trial, so understanding alternative methods of dispute resolution is just as important as understanding the traditional litigation system. In this paper I will compare and contrast the traditional
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plan will include an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve a dispute, product liability to address risks against defective product claims, international laws regarding the plant in China, tangible and intellectual property laws, laws regarding the corporate form of business and protection to the interests of public and private investors through a Corporate Governance Plan. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) The definition of an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) according to the
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