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News, legal updates, and developments in mediation, arbitration, and other modern forms of conflict resolution.
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…
Suspension of the statute of limitations when filing the conciliation application
An application for conciliation before the end of the year effectively and inexpensively suspends the limitation period for claims -…
31.12.2022: Application for conciliation has the effect of suspending the limitation period
A timely conciliation application before 31.12.2022 effectively and inexpensively suspends the limitation period for claims and can be submitted simply…
On our own behalf: CenaCom revises rules of procedure
CenaCom now also accepts conciliation applications via beA or email. A qualified electronic signature is required to suspend the statute…
CenaCom office occupied on 31.12.2021
A timely conciliation application before December 31, 2021 suspends the limitation period for claims in accordance with Section 204 (1)…
Alternative dispute resolution on the rise in the EU
The EU is strengthening alternative dispute resolution: A directive promotes mediation and arbitration in cross-border tax disputes in order to…
Managing conflicts in project teams in a goal-oriented manner
Interventions by customers in the project concept jeopardize the schedule, profit and quality of results. Unresolved conflicts reduce the success…