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The 5 Must Haves When Choosing a Dispute Resolution Service
After interviewing many business owners to find out what their top considerations are in choosing a dispute resolution service, I’ve compiled a list of the 5 most common considerations from all of the responses. Neutrality Whether you are using an arbitrator, a mediator, an arbiter, or a private judge, make sure the neutral is neutral.…
Read MoreForcing Law Firms to Innovate: First, Get Your (In)House in Order
Even though it may feel like a steep uphill climb for in-house counsel to force law firms to innovate, there are things that in-house counsel can do to encourage change. In the prior article in this series, I asked “Why won’t in-house counsel force their law firms to innovate?” and the most common answer was that…
Read MoreWhat Mt. Kilimanjaro Taught Me About Business
Picture this: ten friends slogging their way up Mt. Kilimanjaro – each one carefully copying the foot placements of the person in front of him. Now add in extreme weather, sleep deprivation and the lurking possibility of injury. About a month ago, that was my reality. The air was thin, but the penchant for adventure…
Read MoreWhy Won’t In-House Counsel Force Their Law Firms to Innovate?
As a follow-up to my recent article “Why Won’t Law Firms Innovate?,” where the answer was in part that their in-house counsel won’t force them to, I’ve had the chance to speak with several other in-house counsel and I asked them bluntly, “Why won’t you force your outside law firms to innovate?” The responses were…
Read MoreWhy Won’t Law Firms Innovate?
Most law firms still use an “opportunity cost” model to charge by the hour, regardless of outcome and how much is at stake. The reason law firms don’t change the way they are doing business is this simple – law firms won’t change because clients don’t make them. Law firms are waiting for clients to…
Read MoreArbiter Lance Descourouez Wins Vistage Cope Award
Media Contact Jackie Flaten, for Just Resolve 650-468-6252 | jdflaten@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Just Resolve’s Business Arbiter awarded Top Honor in Global Leadership Organization Silicon Valley’s Lance Descourouez, international business consultant, mentor and community leader provides expert guidance as arbiter for Just Resolve, a firm changing how business justice is delivered October 6, 2016 –…
Read MoreProportionality in Dispute Resolution: Breathing Through Your Legal Downward Dog
Some of us were not meant to be yogis. Downward Dog is more accurately Face-plant Dog for some people. Balance, right? Who knew it could be so difficult? Lately though, there’s been a great deal of chatter about finding balance. In fact, achieving balance appears to have surpassed many previously elevated goals such as making…
Read MoreWhat’s in it for Them?
SO YOU GET IT. You know what’s in it for you. You want neutral-driven dispute resolution in your business contracts. But to make this happen, the other side also has to agree. Since it’s less well known, and not yet standard in industry contract templates, you’ll probably need to propose Just Resolve for any disputes…
Read MoreWhat’s in it for Me?
If I’m a business owner or in-house lawyer, why would I use an alternative dispute resolution service like just Resolve? How will it benefit me and/or my company? Well, like any new product or service, Just Resolve has to be better, faster, or cheaper, than the alternatives (litigation, arbitration, mediation, or doing nothing). Here’s what’s…
Read MoreClient Centric Lawyers
What does it mean to be a client centric lawyer? Lawyers get a bad rap sometimes and are seen as money grubbing slime-balls who bleed their clients for every dime they have. Now, that may be true in the movies but it hasn’t been true in my experience as an attorney. Most lawyers I know…
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