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 | Dec 28, 2007 | Commercial Mediation
The recent crisis in the mortgage industry has resulted in an increase of loan defaults and foreclosures. This stems from the fact that many homeowners took out loans with low interest rates, but for short terms with a balloon payment to be re-financed. As those...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 17, 2007 | Commercial Mediation, Off Beat
When I mediate commercial cases that are referred to me by the court, they range the spectrum of topics and subject matter. I’d say that in most of the cases I get, the parties have legitimate claims and defenses. The disputes are a matter of a loss of...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Nov 7, 2007 | Commercial Mediation, Off Beat
When I mediate a commercial case (or even a divorce case), a common misconception I run into is that litigants think that all judges and jurors act rationally and therefore, since they are right, will always believe and side with them over their adversaries. The...
