http://www.inhouseblog.com/2009/06/bringing-mediation-inhouse-costeffective-ways.html Informing In-House Counsel Since 2005 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:30:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.inhouseblog.com/2009/06/bringing-mediation-inhouse-costeffective-ways.html/comment-page-1#comment-3649 Robert Rogers Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:43:27 +0000 http://www.inhouseblog.com/?p=961#comment-3649 My only concern with doing this is the creation of conflicts of interest. The reason that you use ADR is so that you can have a neutral party assist in the resolution of your dispute. Taking ADR in-house kind of defeats that purpose. This also may run afoul of consumer protection laws. Look at what credit card companies are dealing with now because of their mandatory arbitration clauses and the companies that they worked with. Not sure if this is the best route for a company to go in the long term, even if there may be short term cost benefits. My only concern with doing this is the creation of conflicts of interest. The reason that you use ADR is so that you can have a neutral party assist in the resolution of your dispute. Taking ADR in-house kind of defeats that purpose. This also may run afoul of consumer protection laws. Look at what credit card companies are dealing with now because of their mandatory arbitration clauses and the companies that they worked with. Not sure if this is the best route for a company to go in the long term, even if there may be short term cost benefits.

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