In today’s practice, it is important for business lawyers to develop expertise in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), not only to avoid professional liability problems, but to provide value-added advice and analysis in client representation and consultation relating to business disputes. This new guide, ADR Deskbook for the Business Lawyer, provides you with valuable guidance on how ADR is currently used to realign parties’ commercial interests and manage disputes in a way that is commercially rational, and of benefit to your clients. Particularly useful is the section on transactional drafting, for embedding dispute systems into the commercial enterprise, and for looking ahead to forms of mediation and arbitration that return to the essential, direct, and straightforward way of helping clients do business efficiently.

Beginning with an overview of ADR and the mediation process, this guide includes direction and guidance on:

• Preparing for mediation
• ADR in the Workplace: Managing Retention and Termination of Employees
• ADR and Bankruptcy
• Managing Post-Acquisition Disputes
• Family Business Disputes and Business Divorce
• Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Cases
• And More!