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The Best Way to Resolve Real Estate and Construction Disputes

For parties to real estate transactions and those involved in construction projects, alternative dispute resolution methods, including binding arbitration and non-binding mediation, offer proven and successful alternatives to an often inefficient and expensive court system. As this article illustrates, alternative dispute resolution requires utilizing trained, experienced, and cost-conscious mediators or arbitrators who are much better at resolving real estate disputes than are the inefficient and often ineffective courts.

10 minute read February 27, 2008 at 12:46 AM
By
Paul M. Lurie And Stanley Sklar
The Best Way to Resolve Real Estate and Construction Disputes

When was the last time someone involved in a real estate or construction business dispute told you enthusiastically how cost effective the court system was in resolving that dispute? Or that the judge or the jury charged with resolving the dispute fully understood the relevant underlying issues?

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