It happens every day: one litigant serves discovery requests on another, asking the latter to “identify every fact” or “explain every basis” for the party’s legal contentions in a lawsuit. Usually, ...

None of us gets through life without a certain amount of stress. Whether it manifests in frustration, anger or incivility, it can affect us physically, mentally and emotionally. It may also affect our ...

I vividly remember my 5th grade teacher telling us this when she taught the underground railroad. As a child, I never noticed or questioned the narratives that teachers or textbooks taught us about ...

An environment with no contention is bad. It means the right information doesn’t get on the table for sorting through to find the right solution. “Destructive contention” is also bad. Arguing without ...