by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 2, 2023 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
ChatGPT is all the rage these days. Ask it a question and it gives you an answer. But use it at your own risk, as some New York attorneys recently discovered. If you are unfamiliar, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence that is largely free to use. It is still a work...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 21, 2022 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Perhaps you’ve heard the term summary judgment and always wondered about it. If so, read on. What is Summary Judgment? Generally speaking, trials in civil cases are about determining facts. The finder of fact, whether it is a jury or a judge (in bench trials),...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 14, 2022 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
In 2016, Massachusetts lawyer Robert Ambrogi wrote a blog post about a then-new service that attempted to “rank” attorneys based on their court results. The founders were two undergrads from Harvard University and the first covered state was Massachusetts...
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 | Nov 5, 2014 | Commercial Mediation
I read with some intrigue (or was it puzzleness or sadness) about the legal fight over public records Gannett sought from Raritan Township. In New Jersey, we have the “Open Public Records Act” (OPRA) that specifies which records are available for...