by Marvin Schuldiner | May 14, 2025 | Conflict Quote
Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?” ~ Rumi
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 24, 2024 | Commercial Mediation
One of the more fun things I do as mediator is judge mediation competitions. There are many around the world, but I primarily go to two of them: The International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France The IBA-VIAC CDRC in Vienna, Austria These competitions are not...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 5, 2024 | Labor and Employment
The EEO-1 is a form required to be filed by most employers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission annually. This form reports the demographic breakdown of a company’s workforce, such as race, ethnicity, sex, and job category. This allows the EEOC to...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 18, 2024 | Labor and Employment, Lawsuits
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on several protected classes (like race, sex, and religion). Courts had previously held that the impact to the employee claiming discrimination had to be a “significant...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 5, 2024 | Commercial Mediation
As I’ve mentioned previously, judge shortages in NJ Superior Courts plus COVID delays have created significant backlogs in cases. In seven NJ counties (Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, and Passaic) the judge shortages were so...