by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 29, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I have previously written about the proposed rules changes by the NJ Supreme court regarding public access to court records here and here. In a nutshell, we have an open and public court system. Most (but not all) records of the court are public but are currently...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 22, 2009 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation
Most credit cardholder agreements contain a provision that upon default, the dispute will go before an arbitrator (a private judge) for a decision. As with home mortgages, many consumers in default on their debt will ignore the notices for the arbitration hearing. ...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 29, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Gross vs. FBL Financial Services which makes it much harder for employees to prevail on claims of age discrimination. A plaintiff used to have to prove that age was a factor in their adverse job action...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 16, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
I am pleased to announced that I have been added to the NJ Superior Court’s roster of mentor mediators. When a new mediator is accepted to the court’s civil roster (strangely, no such requirement exists for divorce mediators on the court roster), the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 8, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
Most people do not think about mediation when they think about bankruptcy. However, the courts do have a mediation program within the bankruptcy court. I am not sure if the Chrysler filing was sent to mediation given that the filing was somewhat pre-packaged at the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 22, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
Here is a cute video produced by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs which explains mediation using fables. This example mediation is closer to how a commercial and elder mediation would work moreso than a divorce mediation (where the issues are more defined,...
