Law
Recent Developments in Arbitration: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater (Part II)
By David Hoffman [Last month’s blog post described the growing use of mandatory arbitration in employment and consumer disputes and expressed concern →
Blog
Recent Developments in Arbitration: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater (Part I)
By David Hoffman One of the many salutary effects of the #MeToo movement in the U.S. has been the light it has →
What Makes People Tick?
By David A. Hoffman When I first started practicing law in 1985, I was surprised to see what an outsized role emotion →
Law / Law Firms / Updates
“It Was Twenty Years Ago Today”: Perspectives on the Passing of a Great Law Firm
By David Hoffman On December 7, 2002, the partners at Hill & Barlow – a venerable, 107-year-old Boston law firm – voted →
Mediation / Updates
Mediation Goes to the Movies
By David Hoffman Mediators often say that our services would be more widely used if people saw mediation on TV or in →
Bias / Unconscious Bias / Updates
Follow the Science: Proven Strategies for Reducing Unconscious Bias
By David Hoffman and Helen Winter [The following is adapted from an article with the same title to be published in the Harvard →
Family Law / Law / Mediation
Communications Guidelines
By David A. Hoffman In a recent family-business mediation, I was asked by the family members to help them develop a communications →
Staff Meetings
By David A, Hoffman Does anyone actually enjoy staff meetings? Perhaps some people like them more than others. But at Boston Law →
Law
The End of Roe v. Wade: An Appalling Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
By David A. Hoffman When I was 19 years old, my 17-year-old girlfriend got pregnant. It was 1966, and abortion was illegal. →
Law / Updates
In Praise of Mediation Observers
By David Hoffman Like many mediators, I am asked from time to time by mediators-in-training whether they might observe one of my →