Shira A Scheindlin

August 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judge Shira Scheindlin uses the recent case 'Wallrich v. Samsung' to illustrate the significant financial issues surrounding arbitration fees for mass claims.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

6 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Why is arbitration sometimes slower and more costly than it should be? We believe the answer lies, in large part, in counsels' insistence on mimicking their courtroom litigation experience, despite the fact that arbitration proceedings are intended to be different.

By Judge Shira A. Scheindlin (Ret.) and Deborah Hylton

10 minute read

April 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

There is no one-size-fits-all preferred type of proceeding. Every case is unique and presents its own concerns.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

6 minute read

May 28, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Women now appear in court only 26.7% of the time, a meager 1.5 percentage point improvement over three years ago.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

6 minute read

May 14, 2020 | New York Law Journal

If the courts cannot resolve commercial disputes due to the priority that must be accorded to matters involving danger to the community—including criminal matters, domestic violence, and health and safety issues—then the parties to commercial disputes might wish to consider other options for dispute resolution.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

4 minute read

November 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The media bears some share of responsibility for attaching political tags to judges. Many articles describe a judge who issues a controversial ruling by the name of the appointing president.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

6 minute read

April 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Is the current rush to bar NDAs really helpful to victims of sexual harassment? Is Albany's answer provided in legislation passed last weekend—barring NDAs in agreements that settle sexual harassment claims unless they explicitly state that confidentiality is the “complainant's preference”—going to change anything? We are skeptical.

By Shira A. Scheindlin and Rosalind Fink

6 minute read

February 28, 2018 | National Law Journal

It's easy to lose sight of the effort that President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions have undertaken to reverse many Obama-era criminal justice reforms, a former federal judge contends.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

5 minute read

January 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Shira A. Scheindlin, in preparation for a recent symposium, reviewed all of the class action cases she handled during her years on the Southern District bench, and here shares elementary statistical information that she found to be of interest and might be of interest to those lawyers who toil, have toiled, or plan to toil in the class action arena.

By Shira A. Scheindlin

44 minute read

February 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Shira A. Scheindlin, a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of New York, and Jeffrey Rabkin, a vice president of technology consulting company Stroz Friedberg and former federal prosecutor, outline the core concepts set forth in the just-issued Recommendations for ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases, highlighting issues that may prove controversial and questions that remain unaddressed.

By Shira A. Scheindlin and Jeffrey Rabkin

12 minute read