Monthly Archives: April 2017

Resolving a Dispute is like Traveling…

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Michael Zeytoonian

Resolving a Dispute is Like Traveling, Writing a Business Plan, or Choosing a Course of Medical Treatment: If you take the wrong road, you won’t get the result you want. My friend Liz Ferris, a marketing consultant who works with lawyers around the world, has often given us this simple but often overlooked advice: “If you want to achieve your …

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Replacing the Affordable Care Act; How to NOT Resolve Disputes

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Michael Zeytoonian

President Trump and his team gave us a quick course on how not to resolve a dispute in their efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare).  Their effort and its shortcomings help to show the importance of four key ingredients to approaching dispute resolution to get a good result. Most Americans agree that the ACA has shortcomings …

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