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Only a few judges in the courts in which I practice personally preside over settlement conferences, but the results of such settlement conferences have been amazing.

In many state courts, civil cases that meet certain threshold criteria are subject to the parties’ participation in a mandatory settlement conference. Although many attorneys and...

The Atlantic For better, for worse, and possibly forever This article was published online on April 13, 2021. In July, Michelle Rick, then a circuit-court judge in two Michigan counties, tweeted cheerily about a divorce she’d recently finalized. The participants had appeared in court via their smartphones. “He was on the road & parked his car to attend; she video-tx’d from her work breakroom,” the judge wrote. They were done in 15 minutes—faster than the proverbial Reno divorce. Last spring, as COVID‑19 infections surged for the first time, many American courts curtailed their ope...

Press Release – Environmental Defence Society Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter site. We brought … Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter site. “We brought proceedings in the Environment Court last year becaus...

Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 3:00 pm Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter site. “We brought proceedings in the Environment Court last year because we considered that New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) was responsible for the continued safe handling of the premix, which posed significant health and environmental risks if it got wet. The current storage facility is prone to flooding,” said EDS CEO...