When Does ADR Make Sense?
Not infrequently, businesses find themselves enmeshed in disputes that cannot be resolved through informal negotiation. Those disputes can always be litigated in the courts, but the path to resolution is often time-consuming and expensive. In recent decades, the burdensome nature of litigation has led many businesses and their in-house counsel to consider alternative dispute resolution, or “ADR,” as a way to avoid the court system.