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With the transition to remote mediations and arbitrations, neutrals need to adjust to the fact that we’re all YouTubers now. We’re not Kardashian-level by any means, but we need to be aware of how we come across on video and audio. There are plenty of resources talking about video best practices (placing the camera at […]
With the transition to remote mediations and arbitrations, litigators need to adjust to the fact that we’re all YouTubers now. We’re not Kardashian-level by any means, but we need to be aware of how we come across on video and audio. There are plenty of resources talking about video best practices (placing the camera at […]
You are the General Counsel for Good Deeds Housing, Inc. You were first introduced to the organization when your old law school study partner, James Buddy, who is on the organization’s Board of Directors, invited you to the organization’s annual fundraising dinner. Many of the city’s leading business, government, and religious leaders support the organization. […]
You are General Counsel to nonprofit Good Deeds Housing, Inc. Investigators from the state Fair Political Practices Commission are investigating whether the company violated campaign finance laws by reimbursing employees for donations. The investigators interviewed five of your ten employees. The five employees admitted to the investigators that Good Deeds Executive Director Mark Charisma gave […]
In my Spring 2016 Negotiation class, the students conducted a negotiation wholly via text-message. A couple of interesting insights from that were: Shorter messages are better received. Compare: With In that vein, responses should be near instantaneous. One student went offline for over an hour and had trouble regaining the flow whereas, one […]
JAMS mediator and UC Hastings Adjunct Professor of Law Shirish Gupta has developed a series of MCLE workshops aimed at improving lawyers’ negotiation skills. Each workshop is customized to the audience by subject matter and experience negotiating. His three most popular programs are: Mastering the Art of Negotiation Developing a Negotiation Strategy Leverage Analysis Interests vs. Positions […]
Here are some of the videos/media I use in my Negotiation Class: Haggling Good guy discount (explanation): http://tal.fm/515/0 Good guy discount (in practice): http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/515/good-guys?act=1 Life of Brian Haggle Scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75XQdTxZRc Rosenhaus lunch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcMSOJGEaI Prisoner’s Dilemma Golden Balls deception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtr8-VMj0E Golden Balls great strategy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8 Radiolab on tit-for-tat: http://www.radiolab.org/story/104010-one-good-deed-deserves-another/ Reactive Devaluation: Iceland accords: http://www.textflowmedia.com/JAMS/ Priming: Unscrambling keywords: http://www.textflowmedia.com/JAMS/ Storytelling with Visuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTONZIFm1t4 Leverage Better […]
Here’s my bio for a speaking engagement. Feel free to cut and paste. A link to my headshot is also below. Shirish Gupta is an award-winning neutral known for his legal acumen and economic prowess, which makes him particularly adept at diving into complex financial/technical disputes, including IP, securities and accounting, and class actions. Shirish is sought […]
The following resource aims to help California lawyers and the public navigate the attorney fee arbitration programs run by the county bar associations and the State Bar of California. This article is written in conjunction with a presentation hosted by the State Bar of California Solo & Small Firm Section. As background, I’m a full-time mediator/arbitrator with […]
In a recent survey on federal court ADR programs, the Federal Judicial Center asked what are the best predictors of settlement and presented the following options: Who the lawyers are Nature of the issues in the case Parties have discussed settlement prior to the initial court-sponsored ADR session Summary judgment motions have been filed prior […]