Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act adversely affects a young man’s eligibility for certain governmental benefits. This can be an important issue when mediating a matter involving a young man with disabilities. Failing to register is also a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, the parent or guardian who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is … [Read more...]

So, you take a case through a full Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration hearing, receive a nice arbitration award, but the check to pay off the award never arrives. The well-known secret among attorneys working in this area is that investors that pursue arbitration claims against financial professionals cannot always recover on the arbitration award. This secret is known to everyone except for the customer pursuing a FINRA arbitration claim. Since the 1980’s (after a United … [Read more...]

Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in under four minutes, died earlier this week. For track aficionados like me, his story is for the ages. For those that participate in a mediation, his accomplishment demonstrates how human tenacity can make the impossible something possible. The sub-four minute mile in the 1950’s was widely believed to be humanly unachievable. There were more than 50 medical journals featuring articles supporting the theory that human body lacked the … [Read more...]