by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2013 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is no stranger to controversy. A-Rod, although never positive on a drug test, has admitted to past steroid use and is now being investigated by Major League Baseball for obtaining performance enhancing drugs from...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 16, 2013 | Commercial Mediation
Seth Godin has some sage advice today…. Conservation of energy in conversation If you escalate (cut off in traffic, angry at the gate agent, frustrated at your boss), you’ve just added (negative) energy to a conversation. If you escalate (high-pitched...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 9, 2013 | Commercial Mediation
A question (or sometimes criticism) I often hear about mediation is that the parties could just negotiate the solution out by themselves. In some cases, this is true. However, in the majority of cases which reach impasse, a mediator can be very helpful. Let’s...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 1, 2011 | Arbitration
I’ve written previously about the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposals for allowing consumer complainants in arbitrations to use all public arbitration panels. Non-public (or industry) panel members are those who work within the financial services...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 30, 2010 | Arbitration
Over two years ago, I wrote about a pilot program FINRA established to test all-public arbitration panels. FINRA, the financial industry’s regulatory arm, will be submitting to the Securities and Exchange Commission a rule change proposal next month to make...
