by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 28, 2017 | Arbitration
Arbitration is where a private judge (or a panel of private judges) called an arbitrator makes a usually binding decision for the parties. Micronomics performed a study comparing AAA Arbitration to Litigation in federal court and here is what they found: Arbitrations...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 29, 2016 | Arbitration, Lawsuits
Midland Funding LLC v. Bordeaux was decided by the Appellate Division in a published decision today. The underlying case involves a credit card debt collections matter. The plaintiff bought the credit card debt and tried to enforce an arbitration agreement allegedly...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2016 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Update (4/7/2017): The 7th Circuit issues an 8-3 en banc decision reversing the district court ruling dismissing the case. ……. I’ve written previously about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) attempts to expand existing...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 14, 2016 | Arbitration
A number of arbitration-related cases have been decided so far this month in the NJ Court system and there is a theme to all of them: whether an arbitration clause in a contract can compel arbitration. Arbitration is where an arbitrator acts as a private judge for...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 7, 2016 | Arbitration, Lawsuits
If you are a fan of the National Football League (NFL), you probably know about the incident in last season’s NFL playoffs regarding under-inflated balls used by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady which has become known as Deflategate. In a nutshell,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 11, 2015 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Today is November 11, which is celebrated as Veteran’s Day in the United States and as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in many other countries. The day started as a remembrance marking the end of Word War I. WWI was dubbed “the war to end all...
