Orlando Mediator Top 5 in 2025!

Over the past 15 years, I have tried to bring awareness to the profession of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) through blogging about mediation, arbitration and other forms of acting as a neutral online. Once again, my little Orlando Mediator blog received the honor of being named in the top five among dispute resolution blogs out of the 50 best ranked on the web by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm maintaining some good company on this list with established dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have paid professional writers. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot along with such distinguished blogs published by big names like Kluwer and even above those by prominent ADR organizations like the American Arbitration Association (AAA), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). Feedspot's experts chose Orlando Mediator for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Dispute Resolution Blogs on the planet! Feedspot says it is the internet’s largest human curated database of bloggers and podcasts. Their list combines RSS feeds allowing users to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. I am humbled again to know this labor of love for my chosen field is appreciated. I do enjoy keeping everyone informed on the latest trends and happenings in mediation and related fields through this outlet. Thanks again for your readership and support since 2010! The full list is available here--https://bloggers.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_blogs/

Nonsignatory Attorneys Bound by Settlement Agreement?

In a recent decision out of Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal on cases 4D2022-3194 and 4D2022-3438, an attorney that did not enter an appearance, nor sign either settlement agreement at issue, authored a blog post commenting about the outcome of the underlying litigation and remarking negatively about one of the parties. The trial court hearing a claim for breach of contract then reasoned that the lawyer was bound by the settlement agreements' plain language, recognizing that Florida law does not require a signature as a prerequisite to be bound by a contract. The trial court also found that the blogging lawyer's undisputed conduct breached the settlement agreements' applicable confidentiality and non-dissemination provisions. On appeal, the sole issue as defined by the appellate court was a narrow one: whether the nonsignatory attorney to the settlement agreements that his clients signed, is bound by the settlement agreements because they include provisions purporting to bind the lawyer specifically by name or by his role as "counsel" or "attorney." The 4th DCA answered this question in the negative from a purely contractual standpoint. While it may be true that the lawyer negotiated the settlement agreements, transmitted them to his clients for their signatures, returned the settlement agreements to the attorney representing them in court, and benefited from the settlement agreements, these are customary actions performed by attorneys. Because the blogging lawyer did not sign the settlement agreements, is not named as a party, and did not manifest consent to be bound, the appeals court found that he is not bound, and the trial court erred by granting summary judgment in favor in the breach of contract lawsuit. See more here-- https://tinyurl.com/eye7xme9 and https://tinyurl.com/2np7rp4

Orlando Mediator Top 5 Dispute Resolution Blog

Happy New Year! My little old legal blog, now a dozen years online, again received the honor of being named among the top five Alternative Dispute Resolution blogs out of thousands of blogs on the web ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm certainly in some good company with top dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have staff. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot among the best, including such distinguished blogs published by big names like Thompson Reuters, Harvard Program on Negotiation and Kluwer. Feedspot's experts chose Orlando Mediator as number five in the world for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Top 20 Dispute Resolution Blogs on the planet! Feedspot says it is the internet’s largest human curated database of bloggers and podcasts. Their list combines RSS feeds allowing users to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. I am humbled to know this labor of love for my chosen field is appreciated. I do enjoy keeping everyone informed on the latest trends and happenings in mediation and related fields through this outlet. Thanks for your readership and support over the years! The full list is available here-- https://blog.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_blogs/