A well-planned succession planning mediation session is one of the most crucial parts of any business’s future. However, it’s also one of the most emotionally charged. Choosing who leads next, dividing shares, and aligning visions can spark tension even in the closest families or strongest partnerships. At Alternative Law, we guide business owners and families through succession planning mediation—a proactive, collaborative process …
When Brother vs. Sister Threatens the Business: Finding Common Ground The family business was built as a team effort. But when parents step aside, that team can fracture. Old childhood dynamics resurface, and sibling rivalry—once about toys or attention—escalates into a high-stakes battle over leadership, money, and legacy. This situation often exemplifies sibling rivalry in family business settings. The question …
Your Family vs. The Courtroom: Choosing the Right Path for Your Business When a conflict over your family business’s future arises, you face a critical choice: how will you resolve it? This often involves choosing between mediation and litigation, leading to the classic debate of mediation vs litigation, two distinct approaches with profound consequences for your finances, your well-being, and …
Succession planning in a family business is a critical yet complex process. Among the most common challenges with family business succession are conflicts among family members. While it ensures business continuity and preserves the company’s legacy, it also introduces issues such as differences in vision, emotional attachments, and legal complexities that often hinder smooth transitions. Mediation offers a structured and …
The recent housing crisis has not been easy on home-owners. Many home-owners have been forced to foreclose. Often, this ends in bankruptcy and taking down large banks with them in the process. Bank of America, Wachovia and US Bank Corp are all large corporations that lost billions in the mortgage crisis. Mediation mitigates housing disputes. But a less-discussed off-shoot of …
Alternative Law’s mediation and consulting solutions work for you and your company and it is guaranteed. We can do that because we are the industry leader in these types of services.Our processes produce engaging and challenging experiences. Mediators are Problem Solvers That Produce Resolution, Rewards & Measurable Results. We believe that, in mediation and consulting, the more experienced, disciplined, and creative …
Mediation is an often an art as much as a science. No two mediators are the same, just as no two people are. Mediators come from different backgrounds, different geographies, different educational backgrounds, different ethnic influences and so on. And all that makes a big difference in their approach to mediation. Some are direct problem solvers and more “solution developers.”Others …
Sexual harassment is one of the most common forms of employment disputes and has grown in numbers and in media attention that it receives over the past few years. The growing awareness into this area, however, unlike other crimes, has not prevented it from remaining among the top source of distress and dispute at the workplace. Between the year 2000 …
Parents and teachers both have the same objective – to ensure the best possible education of the student. Their interests are well aligned and their incentives are, to some degree, as well. What I mean by that is, that parents have a natural incentive to see their children do well in school. Teachers have a monetary as well as a …
Alternative Law Mediation Results settlement processes are very engaging and challenging experiences that produce resolution, rewards, and above all results. Mediation results focus resolution. We believe that in successful mediations the more disciplined and creative that you are in designing practical realistic options for settlement, the more productive that you will be. When you have reached that nadir, the most difficult …