Revisiting Mediation Styles and Their Correlation to Results

Over a year ago, I reviewed an article in the ACR Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Fall- Vol 28, No. 1, by James A. Wall, Jr. and Suzanne Chan-Serafin, asking “Do Mediators Walk Their Talk in Civil Cases?”  Wall and Chan-Serafin, along with Timothy Dunne have now revisited the issue of mediator strategies (what I call "styles") to analyze the relative consistency and success rates of different mediation styles, as well as the settlement rates in particular types of cases.  Again, their data reveals some surprising and not so surprising trends. 

More Inconsistent NM Arbitration Law

As an arbitrator, I get frustrated by and critical of New Mexico case law from time to time.  Well, I guess it shows.  See Arbitration in NM not in Line with US Supreme Court Decisions, NM Arbitration--State Supreme Court Bucks National Trends; but see Arbitration Clauses in NM--Agreement at the Extreme End.  

As I've written elsewhere, and repeatedly, in Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S.Ct. 2772 (2010), the U.S Supreme Court has