by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 12, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The rate at which trials are used to resolve lawsuits has dropped significantly over the decades. We are now at the point where less than 1% of cases are settled via a trial. In the 2019-2020 court year (July to June), in the Civil Part of Law Division in Superior...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 17, 2020 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The NJ Courts have closed for jury trials again because COVID cases are skyrocketing in New Jersey. The court will continue to do as much as they can by Zoom, but that is generally limited to motions and conferences. If you want your case settled via a trial, you...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 17, 2020 | 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 | Mar 30, 2020 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
If you are a New York Knicks fan, you are no doubt aware of the battle and lawsuit between Madison Square Garden and NY Knicks owner James Dolan and former Knicks star Charles Oakley. Oakley was a regular at Knicks games until he and Dolan got into a tiff and Oakley...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 10, 2020 | Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for administering several federal laws regarding discrimination complaints in the workplace. The EEOC tries to mediate as many cases as possible, as roughly 70% of mediated cases settle. I mediate...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.” – Alan Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973), British philosopher
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 22, 2019 | Conflict Quote
“Each of us is so much alike, & yet at the same time we are so different, & I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, & you would respond another. Neither would be right...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 15, 2019 | Commercial Mediation
I was supposed to be mediating a case today at the Philadelphia office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today. With the record-long government shutdown still in full effect, all mediations are canceled. The government shutdown does impact everyday...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 11, 2019 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Many people confuse the difference between mediation and arbitration and in an NJ Supreme Court ruling this week, it cost a company who inserted what was purported to be a mandatory arbitration clause into a consumer agreement. In a nutshell, arbitration is a process...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 22, 2018 | Arbitration
Arbitration is essentially hiring a private judge to make a decision in a dispute. If the arbitration is binding, there are few grounds to appeal that award. Arbitration is a creation of contract. Generally, all parties must agree to enter arbitration to resolve...
