by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 19, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Since anyone can sue anyone else over anything, you really cannot prevent a lawsuit. There are people who are more prone to be litigious than others. However, you can take steps to minimize the chances of facing a lawsuit. I mediate 50+ commercial cases a year. They...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 16, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
I have talked previously about how useful mediation can be if you’re facing foreclosure of your home. With the crisis in the mortgage market and the downturn in the value of homes, many banks do not want to foreclose on properties as they may not be able to sell...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 25, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
This week, a committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a report recommending that the court’s records be made accessible to the public through the internet. The report’s executive summary reads in part: In drafting the proposed rule, the Committee...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 16, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
Courtesy of my west coast colleague Vicky Pinchon, the Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Star newspaper had an article about a mediator who caused far more harm than good. The article reads in part: A Toronto-area family’s problems with the mediator they’d hired...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 13, 2008 | Commercial Mediation
As you can probably tell from all the re-runs on network television these days, the writers have been on strike for the last several months. They are striking to collect residuals and revenue from new technology driven sources such as DVDs and the internet....
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 10, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits, Off Beat
From AP News…. NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Katrina’s victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar...
