Articles and perspectives on mediation, business conflict, insurance disputes, and the intersection of AI and dispute resolution.
Where the Settlement Can Be Enforced
November 5, 2026
The Singapore Convention lets a party enforce a mediated international settlement where the other side and its assets are. What that means for U.S. and Latin American companies, and for the mediator.
Not About AI
November 3, 2026
The last weeks of a sixteen-month fight between two competitors in medical AI were about records, including deleted messages. What the months before a settlement buy, and what they cost.
Faster Than the Habits
October 27, 2026
Generative AI is spreading through eDiscovery faster than the rules for using it. Why the gap shows up in disputes over whether the other side searched properly.
The Records Keep Growing
October 27, 2026
A company that scales fast also multiplies its records — and in a dispute, every one of them has to be found and reviewed. What that means for the cost of discovery.
What Comes Next
October 19, 2026
Two well-known settlements — one with a continuing ownership stake, one a defined payment — and the questions worth asking while an exit or buyout is still being discussed.
The Same Answer Twice
October 19, 2026
Getting the same AI answer twice is not verification. Why consistency and accuracy are different questions — and what to check before a negotiation.
Success Can Re-Price a Promise
October 16, 2026
Early rights that cost almost nothing to grant when the outcome is uncertain become expensive once the company works. The contract was written for the company they had; the dispute is about the company they have.
Before I Knew It Was Called Negotiation
September 23, 2026
Most disputes are not stuck because the parties disagree about the number. They are stuck because something true has not been said out loud yet — a lesson learned in a supermarket warehouse at eleven.
Neither One Is a Malfunction
August 28, 2026
Run the same prompt twice, at temperature zero, and you can still get two different answers. Two separate findings — one about repeatability, one about accuracy — get filed under the same heading, and keeping them apart changes what you would do about either.
Acceptable Ranges
August 21, 2026
AI did not break software engineering principles; it exposed how incomplete our application of them had become. What requirements, process, measurement and risk look like when the output is a distribution — and where that gap surfaces as a dispute.
An Inventory Problem
August 12, 2026
Nobody decided to build an AI data archive. Most organizations have one anyway. It is an inventory problem, and inventory problems are cheap to fix early and expensive to fix under pressure.
The Cheapest Person in the Room
July 29, 2026
The most expensive line item in any dispute never appears on the invoice. How disputes actually begin, in three moves — and the live 2026 issues people are staying quiet about.
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