by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 17, 2020 | Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The NJ Courts have closed for jury trials again because COVID cases are skyrocketing in New Jersey. The court will continue to do as much as they can by Zoom, but that is generally limited to motions and conferences. If you want your case settled via a trial, you...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 31, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Much of what happens in a lawsuit is gamesmanship, especially during the discovery phase. Discovery comprises much of the pre-trial phase of litigation where each party seeks to understand what the other side(s) know, what documents they have pertaining to the...
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 | Aug 1, 2008 | Arbitration
This question is one of the big debates going on in the legal and ADR/CDR worlds. Arbitration is essentially a private court (actually, that’s what tv shows like “People’s Court” and “Judy Judy” are). The advantage is generally...
