Leading Mediation Providers Join Forces to Create the First Global Mediation Alliance.IRVINE, Calif. & PRAGUE, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. -- It was announced today at the International Bar Association Conference in Prague, that the five leading international mediation service providers are joining forces to establish a high-quality alliance of commercial mediation and conflict management service providers, to be called "MEDAL - The International Mediation Services Alliance." The founding members of MEDAL, all of whom are pre-eminent providers of commercial mediation and conflict management services in their own jurisdictions, are: JAMS, The Resolution Experts in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , ACBMediation in the Netherlands, ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio Center in Italy, CEDR CEDR Centre for Dispute Resolution CEDR Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (US Department of Energy) CEDR California Center for Environmental Design Research CEDR Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Limited Solve in the UK, and CMAP CMAP Character Map CMAP Compound Muscle Action Potential CMAP Cover My Ass Partner CMAP Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction (NSF) CMAP Coherent Multiarray Processing CMAP Conference Manager Access Protocol CMAP Color Map in France. MEDAL is being established to work on national and cross-border mediation and conflict management services, offering a high-quality service to users of dispute resolution worldwide. Alliance members will work together to provide clients with access to a cadre of the world's leading conflict management professionals capable of handling complex commercial disputes wherever they may occur. MEDAL members will also co-operate on individual client assignments requiring a multinational and multi-lingual approach, including offering co-mediation teams to help resolve complex disputes. A key aim of the Alliance is to share with business the benefit of its members' skills and experience. This will include upholding professional standards of competence and ethical behavior in dispute resolution and promoting the use of contract clauses designed to alleviate the need for litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. from many business disputes. MEDAL members will also be jointly promoting and conducting international seminars, conferences and other events to raise awareness of the importance of quality in dispute resolution and establishing common platforms for regulatory lobbying. Geoff Nicholas, Partner and Head of International Arbitration International arbitration is the established method today for resolving disputes between parties to international commercial agreements. As with arbitration generally, it is a creature of contract, i.e. Group (London) at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, commented on the news, "Dispute resolution is increasingly international in nature and clients are increasingly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. alternatives to litigation in order to resolve such disputes. Therefore, this is a timely initiative, with the promise of access to experienced mediators from different business, legal, national and cultural backgrounds. Understanding the attitudes and perspectives of parties from different countries is essential to the successful consensual resolution of international disputes." "As companies continue to expand on a global scale, they are looking more and more to ADR service providers to resolve a growing number of international business disputes. We are thrilled by the opportunity to expand our alliance with CEDR to include the highly-skilled neutrals at CMAP, ADR Center and ACBMediation," said Steve Price
Notes to editors: About JAMS, The Resolution Experts Founded in 1979, JAMS, The Resolution Experts, is the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution Procedures for settling disputes by means other than litigation; e.g., by Arbitration, mediation, or minitrials. Such procedures, which are usually less costly and more expeditious than litigation, are increasingly being used in commercial and labor disputes, Divorce services in the United States. With 23 Resolution Centers across the United States, JAMS and its more than 200 full-time, exclusive neutrals are responsible for resolving thousands of important cases each year. JAMS may be reached at 949-224-1810 and on the web at www.jamsadr.com. About ACBMediation ACBMediation is a not-for-profit organization that informs and advises companies on conflict management and the use of mediation, and is specialised in the selection of qualified mediators. The aim of this foundation is to promote the use of alternative dispute resolution in commercial conflicts. The foundation was formed in 1998 by (legal) professional associations and businesses that saw a need for a high-quality infrastructure in the field of conflict management and commercial mediation. ACB ACB American Council of the Blind ACB Asia Commercial Bank ACB America's Community Bankers ACB Adjusted Cost Base ACB Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay ACB Amphibious Construction Battalion (US Navy) ACB Australian Cricket Board was appointed by the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCW VNO-NCW Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen-Nederlands Christelijk Werkgeversverbond as the mediation organization for the Dutch private sector. For more information visit: www.mediation-bedrijfsleven.nl. About ADR Center Established in 1998 ADR Center (www.adrcenter.it) is Italy's first and largest provider of conflict management and alternative dispute resolution services. Headquartered in Rome, ADR Center manages several hundred of dispute enquiries per year, mostly involving foreign entities. The ADR Center team is made up of professionals with experience throughout the world. About CEDR Solve CEDR Solve, the UK's leading commercial mediation provider, is CEDR's dispute resolution and prevention service and has managed over 10,000 dispute enquiries covering every industry sector and a wide-ranging cross section of disputes and case values. Case studies are available on CEDR Solve's website - www.cedr-solve.com. In addition to managing mediation and other dispute resolution processes, CEDR Solve provides a range of consultancy and training solutions for business people and professionals. CEDR (the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) is a London-based mediation and alternative dispute resolution body. It was founded as a non-profit organisation in 1990, with the support of The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and a number of British businesses and law firms, ) is the leader in the development of neutral-assisted dispute resolution. It is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. and its mission is to encourage and develop cost effective dispute prevention and dispute resolution in commercial and public sector disputes and in civil litigation. CEDR operates in the UK and internationally and has been instrumental in helping to bring mediation into the heart of business practice and into the judicial system. CEDR Mediator Accreditation is recognised as an international standard. About CMAP CMAP is a non-profit organization created at the initiative of the Paris Chamber of Commerce The Paris Chamber of Commerce (Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris or CCIP) is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% and Industry, in cooperation with major players in the French economic and legal world. France's leading commercial mediation provider, CMAP recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and has handled well over 1,000 mediations since 1995. CMAP currently deals with 200 to 250 mediations per year, with a 75% success rate and 15% of its activity dedicated to the prevention and the resolution of international disputes. CMAP provides a range of conflict management services and trains people wishing to become mediators as well as attorneys whose aim is to represent their clients more efficiently at mediation. CMAP is responsible for building both the awareness and use of mediation in France, and, over the last decade, has won the confidence of courts and tribunals, who regularly refer matters capable of settlement to CMAP's highly respected panel of neutrals. For further information, please connect at www.cmap.fr. |
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