by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 1, 2017 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
In some cultures and for some people, hugs and hugging is an acceptable form of greeting. For other cultures and some people, hugging non-relatives or friends is creepy or generally unacceptable. What happens when these two cultures clash in the workplace? Is it...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 8, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
On July 20, 2012, James Holmes walked into a packed theater in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire on patrons watching a midnight showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” Holmes killed twelve people and injured another 70, some seriously and for...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 8, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I’ve written many times about how trials are crap shoots. Why is this? There are many reasons, but one reason can be implicit bias. We all have them. It is part of being human. In fact, it evolved within us so we can make quick decisions (such as is that...
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 29, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
In March, I reported that the EEOC brought its first sexual orientation discrimination cases under Title VII’s prohibition on workplace discrimination based upon sex of the employee. A press release from the EEOC states that one of the case, the one in...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 21, 2016 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
In December, I wrote about a case where a person was fired presumably because he was getting divorced and having an affair with a co-worker. The plaintiff sued under the NJ Law Against Discrimination (LAD), his case was dismissed by the trial court and reverse on...
