by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you are interested in becoming a civil/business mediator, I am teaching the basic 40-Hour Civil Mediation Training Course in June 2022. This course covers the training qualification for admission to the New Jersey Superior Court roster. Because of the COVID-19...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Seeking admission to the New Jersey Superior Court’s civil mediation rosters but you received your training more than five years ago or received your 40-hours of basic training out of the state of New Jersey? Are you a member of the court’s Family Mediation Roster and...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 27, 2021 | Commercial Mediation
When I teach mediation, one of the definitions we discuss is how mediation is a guided negotiation. Participants need to be able to negotiate, yet we live in a society where we rarely negotiate. And when we do (buying a car or house), we generally hate it. The ADR...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 16, 2021 | Commercial Mediation
Usually when people think of force majeure, they think of hurricanes and other natural disasters — not usually a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought force majeure to the forefront of legal issues. Force majeure is a contractual concept where a party is...
by Marvin Schuldiner | May 25, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The default in our society for resolving disputes is litigation — filing a lawsuit in court. It beats dueling. Ask Alexander Hamilton how that worked out for him. Generally speaking, we do not put enough resources into running our court systems, but the...