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A Coffee with Ati Alipour

"Last month, we had the presence of Ahdieh (Ati) Alipour Herisi in Brazil as a judge for the occasion of the

The Role of Technology in Reducing Litigation

"Data from the National Justice Council (CNJ) shows that over 100 million lawsuits are currently before Brazilian courts. In 2010, the same institution revealed Brazil had over 1,240 law courses on offer, more than the United States, China and ...

The Value of Mediation in Times of Crisis

"On January 25th 2019 Brazil experienced its largest industrial catastrophe, the collapse of a dam from Vale, one of the world’s largest Mining Company. The disaster devastated the town of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais. It was of such magni...

Let Mediation Be Mediation: Conciliation Versus Mediation in Brazil

"In 1999, I had just returned to Brazil from the United States with a Ph.D. thesis on ADR when a mediator colleague invited me to attend and appraise a mediation session. I was eager to do that and observed, minute by minute, the rich communication i...

Communication for Online Negotiation

"Online negotiators are often faced with the challenge of how to overcome barriers on communication. When in real life (or better, when in non digital life) body language, voice tone and appearance enrich the communication process giving more tools f...

Masterclass with Daniel Rainey on ODR - November 7th

Designing – Methodology – Implementation – Ethics

ODR as an Effective Method to Ensure Access to Justice: The Worrying, But Promising Brazilian Case

"If we increasingly use the internet and all its functions, which, by the way, are becoming closer and closer at an astonishing speed – in a short time, ODR will occupy a relevant space in dispute settlement. In Brazil, arbitration took appr...

Online Dispute Resolution in Brazil: a major opportunity for stakeholders

"The arrival of the internet age has posed many new challenges as a larger part of the economy has started to operate online and transnationally with a new emerging framework. After the spread of the global computer network and the rise of online ...

CIESP/FIESP Released New Dispute Board Rules For Complex Agreements

"New CIESP/FIESP rules came into force to establish dispute boards during the execution of complex agreements.The p...

Brazil on the Edge of Making Lawyers Mandatory for Mediation

"Brazil is on its way to making lawyers mandatory on mediation procedures. Last month the House of Representatives approved a bill (