caucus, Joint Sessions, lawyers in mediation, mediation process, shuttle mediation, user perspectives
The Long Goodbye? Resistance to joint sessions is growing on both sides of the Atlantic. Is mediation evolving or regressing?
Market resistance to the use of joint sessions is best illustrated by data from a survey of JAMS neutrals conducted in April 2015. 76% of JAMS’s 300-plus neutrals responded, and the data show both a decline in the use of joint sessions, and a clear discrepancy between East and West Coasts. 80% of neutrals surveyed…