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...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 29, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
The NJ Court system has set time goals for disposing of cases that are filed in their system. They rate cases by vicinage (county) and case type (criminal, civil, family, municipal, etc.). The report for the year July 2007 through June 2008 has just been published...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 14, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
In NJ, you generally use an attorney to buy or sell a home. Sales contracts are not standardized, often contain legalese and are not friendly for lay people (i.e. non-attorneys). Attorneys hold the exchanged monies in their trust account for disbursement....
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 14, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
Following up on an earlier post, Rich Rodriguez, now the coach at University of Michigan, has come to a settlement with West Virginia University. Rodriguez left WVU to become UM’s head coach after last season and a $4 million buyout clause in his contract...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 12, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
The Media Infocenter reports that the NFL and Comcast, the cable giant, have agreed to enter mediation to solve their dispute over which tier the NFL Network should appear on. The mediation will focus on whether Comcast had a contractual right to place the NFL Network...
