http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution legal forms and free Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/can-the-mediator-settle-our-case.html No. The mediator does not have any power to impose a settlement on the parties. Mediation is also voluntary in the sense that either party may, if it so chooses, abandon the mediation at any stage prior to the signing of an agreed settlement. Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/what-does-claimant-mean.html Claimant means the party initiating arbitration. Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/what-is-arbitration.html Arbitration is a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties, to an arbitrator or to a tribunal of several arbitrators who give a decision on the dispute that is binding on the parties. In contrast to mediation, once the parties have freely agreed to summit a dispute to arbitration, a party cannot unilaterally withdraw from the arbitration. Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/what-is-expedited-arbitration.html Expedited Arbitration is, as its name suggests, a form of arbitration in which certain modifications are introduced in order to ensure that the arbitration can be conducted and an award rendered in a shortened time frame and, consequently, at a reduced cost. To achieve those objectives, the modifications provide for a sole arbitrator, shortened time periods for each of the steps involved in the arbitration proceedings, and condensed hearings before the sole arbitrator. Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Arbitration-ADR/Louisiana/index.html Free Arbitration FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:29:13 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Mediation-Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Louisiana/index.html Free Mediation FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:29:13 GMT