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...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 22, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The appeal in the $54 million missing pants lawsuit was heard today. The three-judge appeals panel peppered former judge Roy Pearson with questions about whether he was aware of other rulings in which a promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” meant that...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 16, 2008 | Lawsuits, Off Beat
Can you sue God? That was a question a court in Nebraska was asked to answer. Nebraska Senator Ernie Chambers sued the Almighty in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes. ...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Sep 12, 2008 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits, Off Beat
They’re back again. One of my favorite blogging topics, the (former) judge and his $54 million pants lawsuit. I’ve written before about Judge Roy Pearson’s lawsuit against a dry cleaner for losing a pair of pants. As you will recall, he lost his...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
A federal court in California recently ruled that a company who did not mediate their dispute prior to filing suit, according to the agreement between the parties, will have its case dismissed. In Brosnan v. Dry Cleaning Systems Inc, plaintiff entered a dry cleaning...
