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  • Mass Tort Mediation Strategies: Managing Emotions and Understanding Key Legal Trends

    Mass Tort Mediation Strategies: Managing Emotions and Understanding Key Legal Trends
    2025/12/11
    As mass tort litigation continues to grow, the disputes at stake are becoming increasingly complex. From wildfire and pharmaceutical claims to toxic exposure, sexual abuse and large-scale economic losses. In this episode of the JAMS podcast, neutrals Lexi Myer-Wolfe and Jordy Feldman discuss why mediation has become an essential tool for resolving today’s most challenging mass tort matters. Drawing on extensive experience administering and mediating high-profile mass claims, they examine the procedural, emotional and practical hurdles that make these cases so intricate, and they outline how mediation can offer both efficiency and individualized justice. This episode provides meaningful insights for attorneys, mediators and claim administrators navigating high-volume, high-stakes mass tort disputes.
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    25 分
  • Health Care Mediation Strategies: How to Resolve Complex Provider, Reimbursement, and Compliance Disputes

    Health Care Mediation Strategies: How to Resolve Complex Provider, Reimbursement, and Compliance Disputes
    2025/11/03
    As the health care industry continues to evolve, disputes are becoming increasingly complex, from reimbursement matters and provider contracts to False Claims Act issues. In this episode of the JAMS podcast, Hon. Janice Symchych (former), Daniel Platt, Esq. and Ronald Ravikoff, Esq. discuss how mediation can effectively resolve multifaceted health care conflicts.
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    28 分
  • Back to School 2025: Title IX Updates and How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes

    Back to School 2025: Title IX Updates and How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes
    2025/09/30
    In this episode of the JAMS podcast, neutrals Angela Downes, Esq. and Bernard Taylor, Sr., Esq., unpack what these shifts mean for higher education. They discuss what parties need to know about Title IX as it currently stands and how ADR can serve as a powerful tool for reaching resolution.
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    25 分
  • Evolving Challenges in Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies and Legal Trends

    Evolving Challenges in Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies and Legal Trends
    2025/07/31
    Evolving Challenges in Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies and Legal Trends by JAMS ADR
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    27 分
  • [PODCAST] When Scammers Strike: How Mediation Can Help Resolve Consumer Fraud Claims

    [PODCAST] When Scammers Strike: How Mediation Can Help Resolve Consumer Fraud Claims
    2025/05/07
    In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Peter Kamminga, Esq., Ph.D., and Jeffrey Grubman, Esq., discuss the rise in financial scams targeting consumers and the various ways in which those scams typically take shape, including authorized push payment scams and phishing scams. The neutrals also discuss how these scams can be orchestrated—including through downloading malicious software or by a scammer assuming an online identity to befriend a victim. From there, Dr. Kamminga and Mr. Grubman discuss how both financial and non-financial damages can be claimed following these scams, as well as how to understand some of the legal distinctions that are often present in these cases, such as the difference between authorized and non-authorized transactions.
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    27 分
  • JAMS Podcast Transcript – Co-Mediation

    JAMS Podcast Transcript – Co-Mediation
    2025/03/19
    JAMS Podcast Transcript – Co-Mediation by JAMS ADR
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    22 分
  • Spotlight on Austin: Understanding the Evolving Legal Landscape in a Rapidly Growing City

    Spotlight on Austin: Understanding the Evolving Legal Landscape in a Rapidly Growing City
    2025/02/10
    In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Tracy W. McCormack, Esq., and Karl Bayer discuss how the legal and business needs have evolved in Austin, Texas, as it remains one of the fastest growing cities in the country. To set the stage, both neutrals discuss how Austin has grown as a hub for technology, innovation and entertainment, which has driven significant expansion in the area and made it attractive for new businesses and investment. From there, Mr. Bayer and Ms. McCormack discuss how the rapid growth and transformation of the region has influenced legal disputes and what general counsel can learn and apply to other cities. As the conversation continues, the neutrals weigh in on how companies are creatively tailoring ADR to meet the specific needs of their industries, such as designing unique solutions and also evaluating the national and international components of a dispute. Mr. Bayer and Ms. McCormack also address the value of a bespoke ADR process to support a company's long-term business goals and objectives, as well as how arbitration can be a helpful approach for resolving complex disputes. Finally, the neutrals conclude by extrapolating on how the growth in Austin—and the changes that have followed for the legal system—can hold broader significance for the future of ADR.
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    30 分
  • [PODCAST] Staying Ahead of the Curve With AI-Related Disputes: Tailored Approaches in a Rapidly Evolving Legal Environment

    [PODCAST] Staying Ahead of the Curve With AI-Related Disputes: Tailored Approaches in a Rapidly Evolving Legal Environment
    2024/12/11
    In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Hon. Jackson Lucky (Ret.); Dr. Ryan Abbott, M.D., Esq., FCIArb.; and Daniel B. Garrie, Esq., discuss how the future of legal disputes is evolving in response to advancing artificial intelligence technology. Throughout their conversation, the neutrals explore the complexities of AI-related disputes, emphasizing the advantages of ADR over traditional litigation due to its speed, cost efficiency and ability to vet ADR professionals to determine which individual may have the background, experience and technical knowledge that will align best with a case's needs. The group also discusses what prompted the creation of the JAMS AI rules and how the complexity and novelty of AI-related disputes necessitated a set of uniquely tailored rules that address the operational and technical realities of AI. From there, the neutrals elaborate on the need for the specialized process for technical expert reviews, as outlined in the JAMS AI rules, as well as discuss the value of proactively including an AI arbitration clause into a contract.
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    26 分