by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 1, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
Getting people to agree is part of a mediator’s job. Perhaps getting people to agree is the core of a mediator’s job. Obviously, agreement is not an easy thing to attain. If it was, I would be out of a job as people would be able to resolve disputes on...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 12, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
An article today in the New Jersey Law Journal discusses the career path of retiring judges who go into mediation. The NJ Constitution requires judges to retire when they hit the age of 70. Judges call this constitutional senility. Because of their role as judges...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 20, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
One of the advantages of mediation is that it can bring parties more than what “winning” at trial can bring. Most civil trials involve money. The courts do not give reasoning why they awarded a certain amount of money, or no money at all. Many people...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 7, 2016 | Arbitration, Lawsuits
If you are a fan of the National Football League (NFL), you probably know about the incident in last season’s NFL playoffs regarding under-inflated balls used by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady which has become known as Deflategate. In a nutshell,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 7, 2015 | Commercial Mediation
An interesting case (Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad and John Redden) was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court last week on whether an impending divorce can be a cause for employment termination. Plaintiff Robert Smith worked for the Millville Rescue Squad...
