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27 Willamette L. Rev. 661 (1991)
Med-Arb as a Distinct Method of Dispute Resolution: History, Analysis, and Potential

handle is hein.journals/willr27 and id is 671 raw text is: COMMENT WILLAMETTE LAW REVIEW 27:3 Summer 1991 MED-ARB AS A DISTINCT METHOD OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION: HISTORY, ANALYSIS, AND POTENTIAL* I. Introduction ......................................... 661 II. Med-Arb: Combining Mediation and Arbitration .... 663 III. Forms and Variations of Med-Arb ................... 665 IV. Historical Development of the Med-Arb Process ..... 669 V. Challenges to the Validity of Med-Arb ............... 678 A. Power of the Med-Arbitrator .................... 679 B. Treatment of Confidential Information ........... 685 C. Concerns Relating to the Med-Arbitrator ........ 688 VI. Importance of Informed, Voluntary Selection ......... 689 V II. Conclusion .......................................... 691 I. INTRODUCTION In the United States, all forms of dispute resolution other than adjudication are referred to as alternatives' or are lumped under the title alternative dispute resolution (ADR).2 Placed in the overall context, however, the courts actually resolve a relatively * An early draft of this Comment was Co-recipient of the First Prize in the law student division of the 1990 CPR Awards Program for Excellence and Innovation in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Center for Public Resources, New York, New York. 1. S. GOLDBERG, E. GREEN, & F. SANDER, DISPUTE RESOLUTION 3 (1985). 2. See, e.g., titles of sources infra in notes 6, 14, 134, & 140.