by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 23, 2009 | Commercial Mediation
This is one of the most common questions I get. The answer is no. Why? There are a number of reasons. Mediating a dispute is not about the law. Trials and motions are about the law. Mediating is about identifying the issues in dispute, fact finding and...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 7, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits, Off Beat
Roy Pearson won’t go away quietly. He is now asking for an en banc hearing of his appeal on the $54 million lawsuit over his lost pants. Previously, 3 appellate judges rejected his appeal and now he wants all 9 judges on the circuit to hear his appeal.
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 3, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The saga of the $54 million lost pants lawsuit appears to finally be over. As you will recall, a judge in DC sued a cleaner for $54 million for losing a pair of pants. Roy Pearson subsequently lost the lawsuit and his job as a judge (in part due to the lawsuit). ...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 13, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
In most lawsuits, one side wins and the other loses (or there is a partial win). But there are cases when the sides can’t settle, both of them lose. In 2006, a contractor working on a home in Cleveland, OH discovered $182,000 in depression era cash stashed in...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 30, 2008 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the “Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 2005”. The 2005 CJSSC was the first time that the series examined general civil trials concluded in a national sample of urban,...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 22, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Apple Computer and Psystar, a make of Mac clones, agreed to mediate their copyright infringement and anti-trust case. It says a lot for mediation as Apple is a large company with a lot of money and a desire to protect a core product. I’ll be curious to see if...
