by Marvin Schuldiner | May 23, 2022 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
It’s no secret that the COVID pandemic has delayed all kinds of trials in NJ state courts. The courts were generally closed for the last two years and several counties either remain closed or are still holding trials via Zoom. In addition to COVID, the courts...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 12, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The rate at which trials are used to resolve lawsuits has dropped significantly over the decades. We are now at the point where less than 1% of cases are settled via a trial. In the 2019-2020 court year (July to June), in the Civil Part of Law Division in Superior...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 18, 2007 | Commercial Mediation
An article in the Maine Sunday Telegram brings up an interesting point about trials. The trend at all levels in civil cases is that fewer and fewer cases are making it to trial and more and more are settling beforehand. Of all the cases filed, depending on...
