In the second of two parts, we examine potential paths of development for class actions and ADR in the European Union.  The article was prepared by former CPR intern Katharina Diel, who is an LLM student at Columbia University Law School in New York. Summer 2010 CPR Intern Jan-Krzysztof Dunin-Wasowicz also contributed to this Part II.

Understand the brain, make better choices in ADR. In Part 2 of his discussion with the principals behind the nonprofit Master Mediation Institute, Robert A. Creo and Monique McKay, International Dispute Negotiation host Michael McIlwrath looks at the science of decision making--and “the science behind mediators’ sense.” As Mike noted in Part I last week, this subject "could be a game changer.”

Arbitration, where an organization administers proceedings vs. non-administered arbitration, where no administering agency is involved in procedural aspects and all matters are handled either by the arbitrator or the parties themselves, which offers a form of alternative dispute resolution that is truly faster and more cost effective.

Daniel Winslow, a Boston partner and litigator at international law firm Duane Morris LLP, and The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute), are pleased to announce the rollout of a pilot program for the CPR Institute’s first model Economical Litigation Agreement (ELA), which is a new model contractual agreement that companies can use to limit litigation costs.