1. Your employer, Let's-Get-It-Done, has a history of multiple employee disputes. These disputes range from claims of illegal discrimination to general complaints of worker dissatisfaction with supervisors. You have been assigned the task of changing the organization's culture. Since litigation is the typical method of resolving company disputes, you are considering alternatives to litigation.

What are possible alternative dispute resolution systems (ADRs)?

Should employees be required to sign a contract that an ADR method will be used before any lawsuit is filed against the organization?

2. You are the president of a large corporation that is in the business of manufacturing, among other things, chemical products used to eradicate termites. You have just reviewed a confidential report, prepared by one of your top scientists, questioning the effectiveness of the product and the claims your business has been making to homeowners, pesticide treatment firms, and the general public. You have heard rumors that a lawsuit will be filed shortly against your corporation claiming that this product is ineffective.

Who should you turn to for advice?

Should you destroy the report?

In which court can a lawsuit be filed?

If you lose the lawsuit at trial, can you appeal?