by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 30, 2008 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the “Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 2005”. The 2005 CJSSC was the first time that the series examined general civil trials concluded in a national sample of urban,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 22, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Apple Computer and Psystar, a make of Mac clones, agreed to mediate their copyright infringement and anti-trust case. It says a lot for mediation as Apple is a large company with a lot of money and a desire to protect a core product. I’ll be curious to see if...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 22, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The appeal in the $54 million missing pants lawsuit was heard today. The three-judge appeals panel peppered former judge Roy Pearson with questions about whether he was aware of other rulings in which a promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” meant that...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 16, 2008 | Lawsuits, Off Beat
Can you sue God? That was a question a court in Nebraska was asked to answer. Nebraska Senator Ernie Chambers sued the Almighty in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes. ...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 3, 2008 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Two interesting cases have come up in NJ neighbors dealing with raises for judges. In New York, judges have not been granted a raise in salary by the legislature and governor in 10 years. Their salaries were tied to the fate of those of the legislators and governor...
