Just Resolve LLC

04/26/2024

Thrilled to share with our LinkedIn community that our innovative approach to dispute resolution has been featured on the cover of The Florida Bar Journal! 🌟In an era where legal disputes often mean lengthy and costly battles, our commitment to Neutral-Driven Dispute Resolution (NDR) stands out as a game-changer.

NDR offers a more efficient, principled, and cost-effective method for resolving disputes, especially where traditional litigation falls short. By empowering neutral decision-makers to lead the resolution process, we're ensuring fair, timely, and final solutions to complex issues, without the unnecessary toll of conventional litigation methods.

This recognition is not just a nod to our company's innovative spirit but also a testament to the potential of NDR to transform dispute resolution across the board. We're proud to be at the forefront of this change, providing solutions that save time, reduce costs, and most importantly, restore peace and fairness for all parties involved.

To understand why NDR is heralded as the missing piece in ADR, and how it can benefit your business or legal practice, read the full article by David W. Henry and Rob Christopher linked below: Neutral-Driven Dispute Resolution — The Missing Piece of ADR.

The face of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has been changing over the last few years with the addition of online dispute resolution and other innovations for use by litigators. One little-known but hugely valuable innovation is neutral-driven dispute resolution (NDR), which is a potential solu...

04/25/2023

Want to know another advantage of resolving common disputes using NDR (Neutral Driven Resolution)? NDR negations are all done quietly and amicably, avoiding the potential headlines that litigation often bring. Here’s an actual example:

An investor group suspected that their once-promising biomedical start-up was not being managed well but did not want to blow up ongoing negotiations to sell the company. Instead of litigation, the group retained an NDR facilitator to make inquiries. The start-up cooperated, the parties resolved their differences, and the sale went through as planned. A win-win!

04/20/2023

The best way to ensure the use of NDR – Neutral-Driven Resolution – to resolve common conflicts is to insert a clause in the contract at the time of signing that stipulates that NDR will be employed should the parties have a dispute. Example:

A tech start up refused to pay any of a $12,000 progress payment to a small website design company after cancelling the contract. Outside counsel for the tech company was a national law firm that dared the design company to sue. Instead, the design company invoked the NDR clause in their contract, which opposing counsel had apparently failed to read. Within a week, the design company was paid the full $12,000!

04/18/2023

Here’s another actual example of how NDR – Neutral-Driven Resolution – was used to settle a common dispute without lengthy and costly litigation.

A small stakeholder in a candy business received nothing when the business later sold. The stakeholder suspected foul play. A neutral dispute outreach by an NDR provider on behalf of the stakeholder enabled a cooperative investigation and litigation-avoiding answer to what occurred at a cost of less than $1,500. SWEET!

04/13/2023

Settling common business disputes using Neutral-Driven Resolution (NDR) works. It’s faster, less expensive and provides real justice. But sometimes just the threat of resorting to NDR is enough to get the parties to the table. Such as:

A former employee claimed he had been set up to fail and wrongfully terminated. When negotiations bogged down, the employer’s lawyer offered NDR to settle the case. The employee accepted, but before the NDR process started, the parties negotiated an acceptable settlement.

04/12/2023

When it comes to resolving contract disputes, you need a solution that works. Followers of my posts know that I’ve been a strong advocate of Neutral-Driven Resolution (NDR). Why? Because it offers a faster, fairer, and more collaborative way to reach a resolution than traditional alternative dispute resolution methods.

Over the next few posts, I’ll be citing actual case studies of how NDR worked to resolve what would have been very lengthy and costly disputes. Such as:

A West Coast testing laboratory and its East Coast customer used NDR to resolve a $28,000 dispute in just three weeks at a fixed cost of less than $1,500 to each party!

04/06/2023

What do you think of when you hear the word “lawsuit”? Do you think of justice, fairness and accountability? Or do you think of stress, hassle, and expense?

If it’s the latter, then you’re probably familiar with the problems of our civil justice system that affect millions of Americans who face everyday lawsuits over issues like contracts, property, injuries, or debts.

There is a solution: Neutral-driven resolution is a new way of resolving civil disputes in a simpler, smarter and more satisfying way. Find out more at https://loom.ly/NBz68w4

04/04/2023

Do you know how much time and money it takes to resolve a civil dispute through traditional alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods?

According to a study by the American Arbitration Association, the average duration of an arbitration case is 475 days and costs an average of $40,000. The average duration of a mediation case is 138 days and the average cost is $9,000.

Neutral-driven resolution (NDR) can resolve most disputes in less than 90 days and for less than $5,000. Find out more at https://loom.ly/BmDIlrc

03/30/2023

The title of my book suggests Neutral-Driven Resolution, NDR, can “close the gap in American civil justice.” So exactly what is the gap?

When the stakes in a dispute are limited, our civil justice system serves lawyers more effectively than it does their clients. My book indicts the attorney-driven adversarial process—and NOT attorneys in general—as the main cause of this huge and growing civil justice gap in common disputes and proposes NDR as a real answer to the problem. See https://loom.ly/NBz68w4 for more info.

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