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Match the Type of Alternative Dispute Resolution to Its Description

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Match the type of alternative dispute resolution to its description.

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Arbitration

An informal, nonbinding trial in which disputing parties, usually businesses, present their side of the dispute to a jury of executives from the businesses

Mediation

An informal, nonbinding trial in which disputing parties present their case to a judge or jury in a way that circumvents the numerous rules of evidence

Mini-trial

The process of discussing contested issues in an attempt to resolve disputes

Early neutral evaluation

A form of arbitration in which the parties agree to give up their right to court and instead agree to be bound by some method of ADR

Summary trial

An out-of-court hearing before a neutral party who listens to two or more disputing parties and renders a decision resolving the dispute

Non-binding arbitration

A process in which the parties discuss and negotiate the issues in dispute with the assistance of a neutral person

Negotiation

A form of arbitration in which the parties are not obligated to accept the arbitrator’s decision

Binding arbitration

A proceeding that takes place early in a civil case in which the disputing parties meet with a neutral person who evaluates the case in an attempt to settle the dispute