Texas businesses are increasingly turning to mediation for dispute resolution. While cost-effectiveness is a significant factor, it’s not the only benefit driving this trend. Mediation offers important advantages beyond financial ones, making it a valuable tool for businesses.

Relationship preservation: A neutral third-party mediator facilitates open and constructive dialogue between disputing parties, clarifies intentions, promotes understanding and potentially improves future interactions. Texas businesses are prioritizing relationship preservation in workplace disputes as well as disagreements with suppliers, partners and customers. Prolonged litigation—with its win-lose proposition—tends to destroy relationships. More contracts mandate presuit mediation to try to preserve relationships.

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