Articles:

• Top 10 Things Not to Do in Mediation
• Mediation Settles Dispute on Freedom Tower Fees
• Tips on How to Negotiate and Acquire Negotiation Skills
• NYSBA Creation of Dispute Resolution Section

Committee Developments (News from various ADR Committees)

• Full text of Article describing the Encouraging Success of ADR in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, with Recommendations on how to utilize available ADR programs and to pursue continuation of ADR programs even after the sunset of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 which provided for funding of these programs in the federal courts. --

Links:

• Commercial Division Piece on Mediation of Liebeskind/Silverstein WTC Freedom Tower Design Fees Matter: https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/comdiv/PDFs/Benefits%20Mediation.pdf
• Commercial Division - NY Times Piece on Mediation of Trump/Vornado Case involving Penn Yards/West Side Trump Properties: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/realestate/commercial/16trump.html dfsdfdfs(cont'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/realestate/commercial/16trump.html?pagewanted=2
• NYSBA Dispute Resolution Lawyer - Volume 2 - Spring 2009 http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=New_York_Dispute_Resolution_ Lawyer&CONTENTID=26825&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
• NYSBA Piece on NYSBA Approval of Discovery Guidelines for Domestic Commercial Arbitrators - developed by Dispute Resolution Section http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_Center& TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=27911
• Text of Discovery Guidelines for Domestic Commercial Arbitrators developed by NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section and approved by NYSBA http://www.nysba.org/Content/NavigationMenu42/April42009Houseof DelegatesMeetingAgendaItems/DiscoveryPreceptsReport.pdf
• NYSBA Dispute Resolution Lawyer - Volume 1 - Fall 2008 http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=New_York_Dispute_Resolution _Lawyer&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentID=21788&FusePreview=False
• Federal Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section http://www.fedbar.org/adr_section.html
• NegotiationLawBlog.com Posting http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/2009/09/articles/arbitration/the-inaugural-issue-of-the-federal-bars-resolver-hits-the-newsstands/
• Federal Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section - First Newsletter: The Resolver http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/uploads/file/ADR-sum09news(1).pdf
• Federal Bar Association Simeon H. Baum Biography http://www.fedbar.org/ADR_Baum.doc