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"I heard these terrible stories about it takingf two orthree years," Blackburn "I thought this would never be and I'd be an old man before I'm divorced." But instead of a court Blackburn's attorney suggested a new model to solvwe legal disputes, called collaboration. Collaboration keepas parties out of the courtroom and at the bargaining tabl until they reacha settlement. The model has been so successful with domestic cases in Cincinnati that lawyers and judges are now suggestingb it for legal disputes in the business as well. At first, Blackburjn was skeptical.
Then he saw the prices tag — a court-settled divorce would cost $40,000 in attorneys' fees. Collaboration cost about $4,500. So he and his ex-wifer and both sets of lawyers workeds out their differences in a conferenced room instead of a Afterseven months, they had an "I was pretty depressed the first time we met because I 'She's going to take me to the cleaners,'" Blackburnn said. "But she didn't take me to the It was very equitableand … And the kids did not get caugh t in the middle. They didn't have to choos e sides.
" Both sides and their lawyers agree in writing that they will negotiatde a settlement in the Neither side will go to courg or threaten to sue durintthe negotiations. If the parties can't agrees and the matter goes to court, lawyers for both sidese must withdraw and the parties find new lawyers to litigate the The financial and emotional costs of startingf over with a new lawyetr is a strong incentive to try to settlethe matter, lawyers said. "The collaborativ law process removes the adversaria laspect altogether," said Robert Rack, chie mediator at the U.S.
Sixth Circuitr Court of Appeals anda co-founder of the Collaborative Law Center in "It's very hard to negotiate a good solutiomn to a problem when you'rde putting people on the defensive," Rack said. Sinces its introduction here in 1997, collaborative law has caughtf on quickly with family So far 66 domestic lawyers have been trained in collaborativd law and resolved more than200 "In family law, very rarely are two peoplew in the same place at the same time," said Sherri Goren Slovin, a family law attorney in Cincinnati. "By taking away the bat of litigation, it reallyt does change the temperature ofthe room.
" Impasses are In fact, after one of Slovin's recen collaboration cases ended, both sideds went out for coffee together. Two cases even endedr in a reconciliation. But while collaboration is popular withdomestic lawyers, it has been slow to catcgh on in the businesxs community. The Collaborative Law Center in Cincinnati has trainedd more than 250lawyersa — more than any othee major city in the country. More than 30 are employmentr lawyers, although only a handful of theser cases have been resolvedwith collaboration. The law center is hopingv to change that.
"What a business wants is to resolvse a dispute as efficiently and economically as Collaboration is more saidMike Cioffi, an employment and litigatio n attorney and a member of the law center'z board of trustees. There have been obstacles. Sometimes lawyers never mention collaboration as an option to clients becauser they are reluctant to lose big fees or relinquisy clients if acase can't be Hamilton County Court of Commohn Pleas Judge Mark Schweikerg often sees cases in his courtroom that could be candidates for He suggests the alternative and offers to put theirf court case on hold, but so far there have been no takers.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Worth getting steamed over - London Free Press
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Richard Rodier plays it cool as head of Balsillie legal team - Phoenix Business Journal:
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In other words, he looked the opposite of the way most peoplesdescribe him. Rodier is the lead adviserd to CEO Jim Balsilliee inthe billionaire’s bid to buy the out of bankruptcg and relocate the team to southerm Ontario. Over the course of the five years he’as advised Balsillie, Rodier has been describedx by people who have dealt with him as everythin from thederogatory (Balsillie’s henchman) to the praiseworthyu (a tough and uncompromising negotiator). “Hew certainly doesn’t mince words,” said Mayor Fred Eisenberger of Ontario, where Balsillie hopes to movethe Coyotes.
“If you were a medica doctor, he’d have a lousy bedsided manner, but he’s very engaging and we’ver found him good to work I respect his passionnfor Mr. Balsillie, his passio n for hockey and his directneses inhis approach.” Rodier’s employer, declined to comment abougt him, but a series of conversations with thosee who have worked with him offer a glimpse of one of the centrapl figures in the Phoenix Coyotes’ bankruptcy case. The case will resumre with arguments about relocationJune 9.
Rodiet has never closed a sportswbusiness deal, but his first deal has the potential to be one of the most unforgettable acquisitions in He grew up in a middle-classa Jewish family in Montreal, where he playex hockey, followed the Montreal Canadiena and read anything on his family’s bookshelf, from the Hardu Boys to every James Bond As a young man, he wanted to work on the Canadiab equivalent of Wall Street, known as Bay Street, or becoms a business attorney. He attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Whartoj School and graduated with an undergraduate degree in economicsin 1978.
He then went on to the Universit y of TorontoLaw School, earning a law degrer in 1984 and coming to the Canadian bar in 1986. Balsillie graduatedf from the University of Toronto in 1984 with anundergraduatw degree, but Rodier said they didn’t know each otherr at the time. For two decades, Rodier practiced businessz law at a variety ofCanadiahn firms, including McDonald & Hayden and Gardinerd Roberts. He specialized in corporate law, securities and insolvency. It was working on his first bankruptch case in 2003 that brought him into the world ofsportes business.
The Ottawa Senators had recentlyg filedfor bankruptcy, and he started to folloq the case closely because of his mutuapl interest in sports and the bankruptcy In 2003, reports surfaced in the Canadian media that Rodierr entered an all-cash bid on behalf of a company called HHC Acquisitionss to buy the Senatorzs out of bankruptcy and move the team to But representatives from the club who were with the team at the time said that no one recalls dealing with him or being presented with a bid from HHC. Citingg solicitor-client privilege, Rodier declined to comment. Rodier has been arounc the NHL ever since and began working with Balsilliein 2004.
He served as the billionaire’ws adviser in negotiations for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006 and the Nashville Predatorsin 2007. It was Rodier who told NHL Commissionedr Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in late 2006 that Balsilli e would not agree toa seven-year non-relocation covenantt outlined in the league’s transfer of ownershio papers for the Penguins, and it was Rodief who helped manage the season-ticket deposits in Hamilton for the Predatora in June 2007. In NHL those efforts and others earned him a reputation asan agitator.
At a 2008 sportzs business conference in Toronto runby then-Anaheim Ducks General Manager Brian Burke, severao people in attendance recount a tense momenft when Rodier posed an antitrust questiojn to Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainmentr President Richard Peddie at the end of a panel “Why, if I’m in the city of can’t I watch the Ottawa Senators?” Rodier asked. “I’m not going to debate antitrustr lawwith you,” said Peddie, who did not returj calls requesting comment for this story. Rodiet defended the question last week, sayingf that it was legitimate.
“To ask a question that makezs someone who may be operatiny outside the law uncomfortable is not in my view a bad he said. That line of reasonin is similar to the one he uses whenexplaininh Balsillie’s pursuit of the Coyotes. Rodietr believes that the NHL has put objectivd criteria in its bylaws limiting the relocationof franchises, but that it cannoft arbitrarily control the right to move a franchise. “Top characterize what we’re doing as rogue or agitatotr or trying to get around the rules is a Rodier said. “We’re trying to say, ‘Follow your own rules.
’ The rulesw are there to create the fictiomn that the league is following applicableantitrust law, but it’s not.” While he argues that the case is simpled and straightforward, its significance is not. Even he says that regardles s ofits outcome, the case likely will be taughtf in sports law classes for years to But that’s not what he said drive s him. Getting a team in southernb Ontario does.
In other words, he looked the opposite of the way most peoplesdescribe him. Rodier is the lead adviserd to CEO Jim Balsilliee inthe billionaire’s bid to buy the out of bankruptcg and relocate the team to southerm Ontario. Over the course of the five years he’as advised Balsillie, Rodier has been describedx by people who have dealt with him as everythin from thederogatory (Balsillie’s henchman) to the praiseworthyu (a tough and uncompromising negotiator). “Hew certainly doesn’t mince words,” said Mayor Fred Eisenberger of Ontario, where Balsillie hopes to movethe Coyotes.
“If you were a medica doctor, he’d have a lousy bedsided manner, but he’s very engaging and we’ver found him good to work I respect his passionnfor Mr. Balsillie, his passio n for hockey and his directneses inhis approach.” Rodier’s employer, declined to comment abougt him, but a series of conversations with thosee who have worked with him offer a glimpse of one of the centrapl figures in the Phoenix Coyotes’ bankruptcy case. The case will resumre with arguments about relocationJune 9.
Rodiet has never closed a sportswbusiness deal, but his first deal has the potential to be one of the most unforgettable acquisitions in He grew up in a middle-classa Jewish family in Montreal, where he playex hockey, followed the Montreal Canadiena and read anything on his family’s bookshelf, from the Hardu Boys to every James Bond As a young man, he wanted to work on the Canadiab equivalent of Wall Street, known as Bay Street, or becoms a business attorney. He attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Whartoj School and graduated with an undergraduate degree in economicsin 1978.
He then went on to the Universit y of TorontoLaw School, earning a law degrer in 1984 and coming to the Canadian bar in 1986. Balsillie graduatedf from the University of Toronto in 1984 with anundergraduatw degree, but Rodier said they didn’t know each otherr at the time. For two decades, Rodier practiced businessz law at a variety ofCanadiahn firms, including McDonald & Hayden and Gardinerd Roberts. He specialized in corporate law, securities and insolvency. It was working on his first bankruptch case in 2003 that brought him into the world ofsportes business.
The Ottawa Senators had recentlyg filedfor bankruptcy, and he started to folloq the case closely because of his mutuapl interest in sports and the bankruptcy In 2003, reports surfaced in the Canadian media that Rodierr entered an all-cash bid on behalf of a company called HHC Acquisitionss to buy the Senatorzs out of bankruptcy and move the team to But representatives from the club who were with the team at the time said that no one recalls dealing with him or being presented with a bid from HHC. Citingg solicitor-client privilege, Rodier declined to comment. Rodier has been arounc the NHL ever since and began working with Balsilliein 2004.
He served as the billionaire’ws adviser in negotiations for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006 and the Nashville Predatorsin 2007. It was Rodier who told NHL Commissionedr Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in late 2006 that Balsilli e would not agree toa seven-year non-relocation covenantt outlined in the league’s transfer of ownershio papers for the Penguins, and it was Rodief who helped manage the season-ticket deposits in Hamilton for the Predatora in June 2007. In NHL those efforts and others earned him a reputation asan agitator.
At a 2008 sportzs business conference in Toronto runby then-Anaheim Ducks General Manager Brian Burke, severao people in attendance recount a tense momenft when Rodier posed an antitrust questiojn to Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainmentr President Richard Peddie at the end of a panel “Why, if I’m in the city of can’t I watch the Ottawa Senators?” Rodier asked. “I’m not going to debate antitrustr lawwith you,” said Peddie, who did not returj calls requesting comment for this story. Rodiet defended the question last week, sayingf that it was legitimate.
“To ask a question that makezs someone who may be operatiny outside the law uncomfortable is not in my view a bad he said. That line of reasonin is similar to the one he uses whenexplaininh Balsillie’s pursuit of the Coyotes. Rodietr believes that the NHL has put objectivd criteria in its bylaws limiting the relocationof franchises, but that it cannoft arbitrarily control the right to move a franchise. “Top characterize what we’re doing as rogue or agitatotr or trying to get around the rules is a Rodier said. “We’re trying to say, ‘Follow your own rules.
’ The rulesw are there to create the fictiomn that the league is following applicableantitrust law, but it’s not.” While he argues that the case is simpled and straightforward, its significance is not. Even he says that regardles s ofits outcome, the case likely will be taughtf in sports law classes for years to But that’s not what he said drive s him. Getting a team in southernb Ontario does.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Portland Restaurants & Portland Dining Guide
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Portland, OR 97205 503-226-1419 Jake's is Portland'sz most iconic restaurant. A McCormicok & Schmick's restaurant, it offers more than 30 varietiesx of fresh seafood flown in Thedark wood-paneled walls and staineds glass give it an old-school feel, ideal for business or Higgins Restaurant & Bar 1239 S.W. Broadway Portland, OR 97205 503-222-9070 Designed in French bistro Higgins' menu is decidedly Chef Greg Higgins is devoted to usingy Pacific Northwest ingredients from wild salmon to huckleberriezsto wine. The Higgins burger (called a "spicexd sirloin on a toasted, hearth-bakesd roll") is legendary in Portland. Portland City Grill 111 SW Fifthu Ave.
Portland, OR 97204 503-450-0030 Located on the 30th Visitors to Portland City Grill go as much for the settinfas anything. Situated on the 30th flood of the U.S. Bancorp building in a dark room, sweeping views of the city are the maineventy here. The menu offers upscale Northwest cuisine with an Asian Ten011001 N.W. Couch St. Portland, OR 97209 503-226-34634 Located in Portland's trendy Pearl District, Ten01 incorporatesz the swanky feel of the neighborhood with agourmet Ten01, just opened in offers some of the best first-courses in town, including an upscale twistt on bacon and eggs -- glazede pork bellies topped with quaip eggs. Ringside 2165 W.
Burnsidde Portland, OR 97210 503-233-1513 For grea food and a penultimatesteakhouse experience, you can't do much better than Ringside in Northwesft Portland. Low lighting, tuxedoed waiters and cool martinis give it a Rat Pack and the steaks arecookeed perfectly. Don't even think of passing on Ringside'sw famous onion rings.
Portland, OR 97205 503-226-1419 Jake's is Portland'sz most iconic restaurant. A McCormicok & Schmick's restaurant, it offers more than 30 varietiesx of fresh seafood flown in Thedark wood-paneled walls and staineds glass give it an old-school feel, ideal for business or Higgins Restaurant & Bar 1239 S.W. Broadway Portland, OR 97205 503-222-9070 Designed in French bistro Higgins' menu is decidedly Chef Greg Higgins is devoted to usingy Pacific Northwest ingredients from wild salmon to huckleberriezsto wine. The Higgins burger (called a "spicexd sirloin on a toasted, hearth-bakesd roll") is legendary in Portland. Portland City Grill 111 SW Fifthu Ave.
Portland, OR 97204 503-450-0030 Located on the 30th Visitors to Portland City Grill go as much for the settinfas anything. Situated on the 30th flood of the U.S. Bancorp building in a dark room, sweeping views of the city are the maineventy here. The menu offers upscale Northwest cuisine with an Asian Ten011001 N.W. Couch St. Portland, OR 97209 503-226-34634 Located in Portland's trendy Pearl District, Ten01 incorporatesz the swanky feel of the neighborhood with agourmet Ten01, just opened in offers some of the best first-courses in town, including an upscale twistt on bacon and eggs -- glazede pork bellies topped with quaip eggs. Ringside 2165 W.
Burnsidde Portland, OR 97210 503-233-1513 For grea food and a penultimatesteakhouse experience, you can't do much better than Ringside in Northwesft Portland. Low lighting, tuxedoed waiters and cool martinis give it a Rat Pack and the steaks arecookeed perfectly. Don't even think of passing on Ringside'sw famous onion rings.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
EDITORIAL: Nonprofit pay data interesting, valuable - Crain's Detroit Business
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EDITORIAL: Nonprofit pay data interesting, valuable Crain's Detroit Business This week's issue includes our biennial report on compensation for executives who run leading nonprofit organizations in our region. ... |
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wikileaks founder accused of rape - The Guardian
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ABC Online | Wikileaks founder accused of rape The Guardian Swedish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of molestation and rape. The warrant was issued late yesterday, said a spokeswoman at Sweden's prosecutors' office in Stockholm. ... Wikileaks founder Julian Assange facing arrest over 'rape' claim Wikileaks founder wanted in Sweden WikiLeaks founder says rape claim is 'dirty tricks' |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Intel to buy McAfee in $7.68 billion deal - Los Angeles Times
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Kansas City Star | Intel to buy McAfee in $7.68 billion deal Los Angeles Times AP Intel Corp. said Thursday it is buying computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion as the chip-maker adds to its arsenal of tools to serve an increasing array of Internet-connected devices, including mobile phones. ... Intel to acquire McAfee for $7.7bn Intel Plans to Acquire McAfee for $7.68 Billion Intel, McAfee, jobless claims in the spotlight |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Guantánamo captive's interrogation tapes found under CIA desk - MiamiHerald.com
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msnbc.com | Guantánamo captive's interrogation tapes found under CIA desk MiamiHerald.com AP WASHINGTON -- The CIA has videotapes of Sept. 11 plotter Ramzi bin al Shibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Discovered under a desk, the recordings could provide an unpar » |
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Wedding party turns tragic - Buffalo News
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The Hindu | Wedding party turns tragic Buffalo News A parolee released from prison just two and a half weeks ago was arrested Saturday in connection with the worst carnage the City of Buffalo has experienced in at least three decades. But before the day ended, ... Buffalo arrest bungled: Authorities to drop charges against Keith Johnson in ... Charges dropped in Buffalo shooting that killed 4 Report: Wrong man may have been arrested in Buffalo shootings |
Friday, August 13, 2010
Iran's Nuclear Plant to Get Russian Fuel Next Week - Voice of America
The Hindu | Iran's Nuclear Plant to Get Russian Fuel Next Week Voice of America Photo: AP Russia has announced it will begin loading fuel into a reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant on August 21 despite objections by the United States and other Western powers. A spokesman for the Russian nuclear agency on Friday said ... Iran's first atomic power plant ready for activation Iran nuclear plant start date set Iran to gain nuclear power as Russia loads fuel into Bushehr reactor |
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Flight attendants vent about passengers - CNN
ABC News | Flight attendants vent about passengers CNN By A. Pawlowski, CNN (CNN) -- It's safe to say air travelers are paying more attention -- and maybe giving a little more respect -- to flight attendants after the incident on a JetBlue flight that has mesmerized the country and put a new spotlight on ... Steven Slater ponders next move as JetBlue flight attendant basks in glow of ... Hero or 'Bag Nazi'? JetBlue Flight Attendant Plans to Hit the Beach JetBlue plays coy about flight attendant fiasco |
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Fidel Castro at Cuban parliament: Nuclear war is near - MiamiHerald.com
CBC.ca | Fidel Castro at Cuban parliament: Nuclear war is near MiamiHerald.com Cuba's Fidel Castro Saturday participated in his first government function since he nearly died in 2006, hammering away at his apocalyptic forecast of nuclear war and urging President Barack Obama to avert it. ... Castro warning on effects of war Castro addresses Cuba's parliament for first time in years Fidel Castro makes 1st official gov't appearance |
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Senate Confirms Kagan to Supreme Court - Bloomberg
Globe and Mail | Senate Confirms Kagan to Supreme Court Bloomberg Elena Kagan, a former Harvard Law School dean, will be the nation's 112th justice, fourth woman and just the sixth member of the court who isn'ta white male. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg The ... Senate approves Kagan for high court Amidst Partisan Bickering, Kagan Is Narrowly Confirmed Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice |
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
9 Killed, 2 Wounded in Shooting at Beer Distributor - FOXNews
CBC.ca | 9 Killed, 2 Wounded in Shooting at Beer Distributor FOXNews August 3, 2010: A company executive says a warehouse worker who had been c » |
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
US Military Officials Condemn Leaks of Afghan War Documents - Voice of America
Reuters | US Military Officials Condemn Leaks of Afghan War Documents Voice of America Photo: AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing at the Pentagon, 29 Jul 2010 America's top military officials are condemning last week's public dissemination of thousands of ... Gates: WikiLeaks Mor » |
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