by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 12, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
In a previous posting, I discussed the American College of Trial Lawyers task force interim report on trials in America. The final report is out and here are the highlights as it pertains to mediation and getting your lawsuit settled: “Courts are encouraged to...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 10, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
I have written previously about the challenges that the law industry faces. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s switch to flat fee invoicing for outside counsel. This turns on its head the basis of the long term billing...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 12, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
Sprint/Nextel has a humorous new commercial (embedded below) which posits what the world would be like if loggers ran things. The context of the commercial is loggers making decisions (and carrying them out) in a divorce. While the commercial is “cute”,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 3, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I tell all my civil mediation clients the same thing: If you’re going to settle, settle early. Why? That gets to why a litigant should settle a lawsuit in the first place. When a litigant settles a case, they are essentially “buying off” two...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 29, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I have previously written about the proposed rules changes by the NJ Supreme court regarding public access to court records here and here. In a nutshell, we have an open and public court system. Most (but not all) records of the court are public but are currently...
