Getting people to agree is part of a mediator’s job. Perhaps getting people to agree is the core of a mediator’s job. Obviously, agreement is not an easy thing to attain. If it was, I would be out of a job as people would be able to resolve disputes on...
An article today in the New Jersey Law Journal discusses the career path of retiring judges who go into mediation. The NJ Constitution requires judges to retire when they hit the age of 70. Judges call this constitutional senility. Because of their role as judges...
One of the advantages of mediation is that it can bring parties more than what “winning” at trial can bring. Most civil trials involve money. The courts do not give reasoning why they awarded a certain amount of money, or no money at all. Many people...
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,...
An interesting case (Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad and John Redden) was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court last week on whether an impending divorce can be a cause for employment termination. Plaintiff Robert Smith worked for the Millville Rescue Squad...
In a rare trial court published opinion, a New Jersey Superior Court in Atlantic County recently opined on a case that looked at how much should a party pay to depose their adversary’s expert. The case is Alice Jusino v. William LaPenta (ATL-L-7213-12). The...
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...
In a nutshell, not very high compared to other states. Earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform had the respected Harris Poll conduct a survey among a nationally representative sample of 1,203 in-house general counsel, senior litigators or...
CNN recently featured the problems with the Better Business Bureau’s rating systems. I spent a couple of years as a volunteer mediator/conciliator for the BBB of Greater NY in Manhattan when I was first training as a mediator. The article presents a fairly...
The National Hurricane Center is currently forecasting Hurricane Joaquin to hit New Jersey on Sunday/Monday, October 4-5, 2015. With memories of Storm Sandy fresh in everyone’s mind, home, car and business owners should ensure their insurance coverage is in...
