By Kenneth Rashbaum (July 17, 2017, 11:19 AM EDT) -- Over 95 percent of all business information is in digital format, and that paradigm presents a host of potential dispute issues. Electronic information is just fundamentally different from paper information: There is more of it (how easy is it to tap out a text?); it is in many places at the same time; it's easier to lose or alter. And it's protected by myriad regulations and laws, in the U.S. and elsewhere in this globally connected economy. Digital information, then, is a breeding ground for disputes. Fortunately, this dispute minefield need not blow up the organization's budget. Mediation provides an exemplary way to control dispute costs, and more and more contract drafters are including some form of alternative dispute resolution in their agreements....