by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 3, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
I tell all my civil mediation clients the same thing: If you’re going to settle, settle early. Why? That gets to why a litigant should settle a lawsuit in the first place. When a litigant settles a case, they are essentially “buying off” two...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 29, 2007 | Commercial Mediation
One of the advantages of mediation is that the parties agree to their own settlements, unlike a trial, where a jury or a judge will impose their own settlement on the parties in a judgment. But what happens when a party tries to either get out of a deal or go back to...
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...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 14, 2007 | Commercial Mediation
Last week, an acrimonious labor action was resolved in mediation. An SEIU nurses local at two southern Nevada hospitals was locked out in December 2006. Phil Satre, for CEO and Chairman of Harrah’s Casino, led 60 hours of mediation which resulted in the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 11, 2007 | Commercial Mediation
There are numerous sexual abuse cases running through the court system against the Catholic Church. Mediation has helped resolve a number of them, including several cases in Denver. One of the defendants who settled was quoted as saying: “I was quite...
