by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 29, 2016 | Arbitration, Lawsuits
Midland Funding LLC v. Bordeaux was decided by the Appellate Division in a published decision today. The underlying case involves a credit card debt collections matter. The plaintiff bought the credit card debt and tried to enforce an arbitration agreement allegedly...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 8, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
On July 20, 2012, James Holmes walked into a packed theater in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire on patrons watching a midnight showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” Holmes killed twelve people and injured another 70, some seriously and for...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 8, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I’ve written many times about how trials are crap shoots. Why is this? There are many reasons, but one reason can be implicit bias. We all have them. It is part of being human. In fact, it evolved within us so we can make quick decisions (such as is that...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2016 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Update (4/7/2017): The 7th Circuit issues an 8-3 en banc decision reversing the district court ruling dismissing the case. ……. I’ve written previously about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) attempts to expand existing...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 29, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
In March, I reported that the EEOC brought its first sexual orientation discrimination cases under Title VII’s prohibition on workplace discrimination based upon sex of the employee. A press release from the EEOC states that one of the case, the one in...
