by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 10, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
There are many reasons why disputes do not settle, in mediation or outside of it. Often, a party is just not ready — it’s the wrong time for them. They need more information or they need more time to assimilate, absorb and assess information given to...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
Jeff Bleich, president of the California State Bar, writes in the California Bar Journal about how the legal system is beginning to fail the middle class due to the high costs of the legal system. He makes an analogy to the medical profession and doctors and how the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Arbitration
This question is one of the big debates going on in the legal and ADR/CDR worlds. Arbitration is essentially a private court (actually, that’s what tv shows like “People’s Court” and “Judy Judy” are). The advantage is generally...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Arbitration
FINRA is the financial industry’s self-regulatory arm. Part of what they do is manage arbitrations for broker-client and broker-employee disputes. Nearly all brokerage agreements and broker employment agreements contain a clause mandating aribtration rather...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
A federal court in California recently ruled that a company who did not mediate their dispute prior to filing suit, according to the agreement between the parties, will have its case dismissed. In Brosnan v. Dry Cleaning Systems Inc, plaintiff entered a dry cleaning...
