Honking is NOT Free Speech!

Every once in a while, I read about a case that has nothing to do with mediation other than creativity and feel compelled to write about it. As I have noted previously, there is one thing about lawyers and/or their clients: they can be very creative. The Ninth Circuit Court [Read More]

By |May 12th, 2023|Court Cases|

Chalking: Next Stop–U. S. Supreme Court?

On three occasions in the past, I have written about a case in Saginaw, Michigan in which the issue was whether chalking tires on parked vehicles violated the Fourth Amendment’s unreasonable search provision. (See, May 10, 2019; September 10, 2021 and August 19, 2022.) In that case, Taylor vs City [Read More]

By |November 12th, 2022|Court Cases|

A dollar for Chalking

A Dollar for Chalking! In May 2019, I posted a blog about a plaintiff who challenged a parking ticket on the grounds that chalking her tires by the parking police in the City of Saginaw, Michigan (“City”)  violated her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches as the City neither had [Read More]

By |August 19th, 2022|Court Cases|

Which is Better? To Be Seen or To Be Heard?

Many years ago, Albert Mehrabian, now a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) determined that approximately 55% of our communication is non-verbal; 38% of it is vocal (tone)  and 7% is words only, meaning body language can be very revealing. This simple fact played itself out [Read More]

By |August 12th, 2022|Court Cases|

Be Careful with Your Words!

The ABA published another interesting article discussing the dismissal of a third-party complaint because the parties failed to mediate as required by their contract. Entitled “Failure to Mediate Causes Dismisses of Case” by Michael  Stefanilo, Jr, the article (dated March 23,2022) highlights Rivas v CBK Lodge General Partner, LLC, U.S. [Read More]

By |July 11th, 2022|Court Cases|

Beware of Email Agreements!

The American Bar Association published a story warning us all to be careful about settling by email. It recited the case of Philadelphia  Ins. Indemnity Co. v Kendall decided by the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, Case No. 2020-02752, Appeal No. 13756 [Read More]

By |May 6th, 2022|Court Cases|
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