by Marvin Schuldiner | May 19, 2010 | Commercial Mediation, Off Beat
A recently published study by Cornell University indicated that “ugly” or unattractive people who are defendants in criminal trials are 22% more likely to be found guilty and are given longer sentences on average (22 months longer) than attractive people. ...
by Marvin Schuldiner | May 10, 2010 | Commercial Mediation
Most of my regular readers know I almost never have “war stories” of my mediations on this blog. The primary reason why is confidentiality. When my clients enter a mediation, they have an absolute expectation that what is said in the mediation room stays...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 12, 2010 | Commercial Mediation, Off Beat
I have written before about the power and effectiveness of a sincere apology to help resolve a dispute. Now from West Virginia, a completely different way to resolve a dispute: a slap. Stewart Altmeyer, a prosecutor in Kanawha County, was suspended without pay for one...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 2, 2010 | Arbitration
Filings for arbitration at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the self-regulation body of Wall Street, are up 43% in 2009 over the previous year. Nearly all brokerage agreement specify FINRA arbitration as the only way to resolve a dispute between a...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 1, 2010 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Analogies between a finder of fact (a judge or jury) and referees or umpires (the arbiter of a game’s rules) are often made. It is open to debate whether the analogy firmly holds. However, it is often interesting to discuss whether any “neutral”...
