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		<title>The use of ADR in health care disputes&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/06/03/the-use-of-adr-in-health-care-disputes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dolan Media Newswires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health care disputes are ideal for alternative dispute resolution. Given the health care environment and the tremendous pressures being placed on payors (insurers, administrators of self insured plans, and governments) and providers (physicians, hospitals, and other providers of medical services and products), one can foresee even more health care disputes in the future. The single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten tips for litigators to succeed in mediation&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/07/ten-tips-for-litigators-to-succeed-in-mediation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After observing parties succeed and fail in hundreds of mediations, I’ve come up with a top 10 list of tips for litigators to have a successful mediation. 1. Select the appropriate mediator. Mediators vary in approach and style. Some use the facilitative model while others are more evaluative. One mediator may prefer to keep the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers’ comp commission goes small for mediation&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/01/workers-comp-commission-goes-small-for-mediation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission is renewing its push for alternate dispute resolution of injured workers’ claims. The agency has long touted the benefits of ADR for claimants and carriers by outlining agency mediation services on its website and promoting alternate dispute resolution through its communications with parties. In recent months, the commission has stepped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediation safety in spotlight after Arizona shooting&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/04/mediation-safety-in-spotlight-after-arizona-shooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A settlement conference aimed at ending a court conflict unexpectedly turned into a scene of death in Phoenix in late January. The bloody outcome of that meeting has prompted many alternative dispute resolution professionals to take a second look at safety procedures. As details become available about the Phoenix incident, it appears there were few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online arbitration tool launched by the AAA&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/04/online-arbitration-tool-launched-by-the-aaa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Correy E. Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Arbitration Association has announced the launch of what it calls the first online arbitration and mediation tool, known as ClauseBuilder. The tool – which can be found at www.clausebuilder.org – provides parties with the AAA’s standard arbitration agreement. It then offers options if parties want to customize specific clauses like the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill strengthens family mediator confidentiality&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/04/bill-strengthens-family-mediator-confidentiality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family law mediators’ right to keep certain information confidential will be enhanced under a bill passed by the Virginia House of Delegates and awaiting action in a Senate courts committee. House Bill 1795, which passed the full House on Jan. 22, eliminates two provisions that require disclosure of financial information obtained to complete a child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compelled mediation: Showing your good faith&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/07/compelled-mediation-showing-your-good-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dolan Media Newswires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven by crowded dockets, a desire to avoid having to resolve difficult cases, or a desire to protect perceived vulnerable populations from likely adverse outcomes in courts of law, statutes, rules, court orders and judicial decisions that force disputing parties into mediation have caught hold. The Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, 28 U.S.C. § [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaping a ‘mediation’: It’s not in the name&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/03/shaping-a-mediation-its-not-in-the-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dolan Media Newswires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is fair to say there are about as many ways for counsel to use a third party to assist their settlement negotiation as there are creative and determined counsel, parties and neutrals. And, fair to say, lawyers are apt to refer to many of these as “mediation.” So here are some observations as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball arbitration: It isn’t just for baseball&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/05/baseball-arbitration-it-isnt-just-for-baseball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1966, Marvin Miller, a labor economist with various unions, became the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, serving in the position until 1982. No less an authority than Red Barber has said that Miller, along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, are among the “two or three most important men in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The VLW 2012 ADR Survey</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/27/the-vlw-2012-adr-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to provide the results of the VLW 2012 Alternative Dispute Resolution Survey. This project provides information about ADR providers across Virginia. For a fee, participants had the opportunity to provide basic information about their ADR businesses or practices. And for an additional fee, some providers opted to take an enhanced [...]]]></description>
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