ArchiveNews
News, legal updates, and developments in mediation, arbitration, and other modern forms of conflict resolution.

How Coburg’s urban highway project reached consensus through mediation
Mediation ends the years-long dispute over the expansion of the B4 near Coburg and creates a viable compromise for the…

Between change and resistance: mediation as a success factor in change processes
Mediation makes change processes more effective, involves employees, transforms resistance into solutions and creates sustainable, practicable changes.

Why conciliation boards are an underestimated instrument for out-of-court dispute resolution
Conciliation boards offer companies an efficient, legally binding and cost-effective way of resolving disputes out of court and meeting deadlines.

More efficiency, less risk – why conciliation proceedings before CenaCom are now even more worthwhile
Court costs will rise noticeably from June 2025. Conciliation proceedings at CenaCom reduce costs, protect the statute of limitations and…

What to do when business conflicts arise? How mediation can help with business conflicts
Mediation helps business partners to resolve conflicts confidentially and cooperatively, maintain relationships and create sustainable agreements.

How companies are breaking new ground: External mediators in strategic conflict management
External mediation strengthens companies in the long term: it defuses conflicts, protects the culture, promotes trust and saves costs through…

Mediation Conciliation Arbitration
Mediation, conciliation or arbitration? Alternative dispute resolution saves time, costs and protects business relationships through confidential solutions.

Post-merger mediation
Mediation strengthens post-merger integration: it defuses conflicts, connects corporate cultures and creates trust for sustainable merger success.

Company succession: Mediation provides structured support
Mediation accompanies company successions in a structured and confidential manner, resolves conflicts at an early stage and preserves values, relationships…

Mediation in business start-ups
Mediation helps start-ups to recognize conflicts at an early stage, strengthen trust and create sustainable structures - for sustainable team…

Agreeing instead of suing
Out-of-court dispute resolution enables companies and administrations to resolve conflicts early, confidentially and cost-effectively and to strengthen cooperation in the…

Mediation in the workplace
Mediation resolves conflicts in the company at an early stage, strengthens communication and team spirit, reduces costs and creates a…

Statute of limitations and lawyers’ duties of care – a ruling by the BGH and the importance of the conciliation office
The BGH ruling on the limitation period for equalization of gains claims shows that an early conciliation application suspends the…