Leverage is always temporary. If the NFL had any, they should have used it before the blown call heard round the world.

According to Herb Cohen (“Negotiate This!”):

1. Setting Objectives:

Break down your objectives as: (1) “must haves”; (2) “would likes”; and (3) “tradeables”

A few years ago, the Texas legislature added a special form of ADR to the options available to judges and litigants in family law cases: parenting coordinators.

I find it fascinating that we lawyers can tell divorcing couples exactly what they need to do with their children unless they (the children, that is) are under 3.

Texas has ethical rules for mediators.

They were promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court in June, 2005.

I am not sure why this seems to be a well-kept secret, but, in my universe, it is.

Effective negotiators know that listening is more powerful than talking.

This is not always easy when you are really, really right about something, and the idiot two feet away can’t seem to make a mental dent in the obvious.

I recently discovered Jonathan Haidt, Virginia social-psychologist and author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.