Mortgages – City ordinances – Maintenance – Mediation
Where a group of banks who own mortgages in the City of Springfield brought suit challenging the validity of city ordinances that (1) require the maintenance of residential properties that are vacant...
View ArticleEmployment – Motion for relief from judgment – Mediation
Where a plaintiff, whose employment discrimination suit against his former employer was dismissed after he failed to respond to the defendant’s motions, moved for relief from the judgment of dismissal,...
View ArticleAttorneys – Mediation – Misrepresentation
Where a plaintiff has brought suit over alleged misrepresentations made by an attorney for an opposing party in a mediation proceeding, the attorney’s statements must be stricken according to the...
View ArticleLawyer can’t be sued over alleged misrepresentation
The confidentiality provision in a mediation agreement blocked a plaintiff from alleging that false statements made by the defendants’ lawyer outside the presence of the mediator fraudulently induced...
View ArticlePractice guide is mediation’s magnum opus
Like most emerging professions, mediation has spawned an abundant literature of mediocre merit that is often ignored and easily forgotten. By contrast, “Mediation: A Practice Guide for Mediators,...
View ArticleAttorneys – Fees – Mediation
Where (1) a plaintiff who purchased an oceanfront property in Maine brought suit to recover damages for repairs he made to the property and (2) the defendant sellers filed a counterclaim seeking legal...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Mediation – Access to courts
Where a divorce judgment required the parties to engage in and pay for mediation before either party could file any subsequent action in the Probate & Family Court, the mediation requirement is...
View ArticleAttorneys – Privilege – Waiver – Mediation
Where a plaintiff construction company brought suit against a defendant attorney and a codefendant law firm, claiming that they had engaged in misrepresentation and other wrongdoing in connection with...
View ArticleMortgages – City ordinances – Maintenance – Mediation
Where a group of banks who own mortgages in the City of Springfield brought suit challenging the validity of city ordinances that (1) require the maintenance of residential properties that are vacant...
View ArticleEmployment – Motion for relief from judgment – Mediation
Where a plaintiff, whose employment discrimination suit against his former employer was dismissed after he failed to respond to the defendant’s motions, moved for relief from the judgment of dismissal,...
View ArticleAttorneys – Mediation – Misrepresentation
Where a plaintiff has brought suit over alleged misrepresentations made by an attorney for an opposing party in a mediation proceeding, the attorney’s statements must be stricken according to the...
View ArticleLawyer can’t be sued over alleged misrepresentation
The confidentiality provision in a mediation agreement blocked a plaintiff from alleging that false statements made by the defendants’ lawyer outside the presence of the mediator fraudulently induced...
View ArticlePractice guide is mediation’s magnum opus
Like most emerging professions, mediation has spawned an abundant literature of mediocre merit that is often ignored and easily forgotten. By contrast, “Mediation: A Practice Guide for Mediators,...
View ArticleAttorneys – Fees – Mediation
Where (1) a plaintiff who purchased an oceanfront property in Maine brought suit to recover damages for repairs he made to the property and (2) the defendant sellers filed a counterclaim seeking legal...
View ArticleDomestic relations – Mediation – Access to courts
Where a divorce judgment required the parties to engage in and pay for mediation before either party could file any subsequent action in the Probate & Family Court, the mediation requirement is...
View ArticleAttorneys – Privilege – Waiver – Mediation
Where a plaintiff construction company brought suit against a defendant attorney and a codefendant law firm, claiming that they had engaged in misrepresentation and other wrongdoing in connection with...
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