Alternative dispute resolution handbook dont escalate choose to mediate federal communications commission office of workplace diversity the term alternative dispute resolution or adr refers to a variety of techniques methods or processes involving a neutral third. Alternative methods of workplace dispute resolution throughout the executive branch in the 1990s congress passed three statutes the administrative dispute resolution acts of 1990 and 1996 and the alternative dispute resolution act of 1998 which collectively required each agency to adopt a policy encouraging use of adr in a broad range of. Alternative dispute resolution the litigators handbook nancy f atlas stephen k huber e wendy trachte huber american bar association 2000 business economics 753 pages. When not to use alternative dispute resolution last revised thu jul 31st 2014 the content of the law handbook is made available as a public service for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice