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Termination of Mandatory Statewide Foreclosure Mediation in Florida Leads to a Few Lessons
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011The Florida Supreme Court issued an order Monday, December 19, 2011, terminating the mandatory mediation program it created in 2009 as an emergency measure to deal with the foreclosure flood in Florida. While individual circuits can create localized mediation programs or refer foreclosures cases to mediation on a case-by-case basis, and some programs commit to […]
Developing Mediation Programs as an Exercise of Police Power?
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011The foreclosure crisis is real, and it is not dissipating anytime soon. So why would a borrower advocate undermine a process meant to facilitate resolutions? State and local governments seek creative ways to resolve the crisis. Some have looked to mediation and its rich history of providing a forum to disputing parties – including parties […]
Court Mediation Prompts Pre-Filing Foreclosure Mediation Program
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011Three years after the first foreclosure mediation program launched in Ohio, more jurisdictions are reporting their program statistics. Resolution Systems Institute has long advocated that courts should monitor and evaluate their own programs. Monitoring and evaluations provide a tool for identifying how to improve programs for parties, lawyers, and courts. Now, evaluation is helping improve […]
Reporting on Reporting on Good Faith
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011No one wants parties in a mediation to sit at the table with their arms crossed, refusing to talk. But who, if anyone, should tell mediators how to evaluate a party’s good faith participation in mediation?
