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Alternative Dispute Resolution

May 17, 2005

Mediator Criticizes Superior Court's Neutral Program

At a recent conference, the president of the Southern California Mediation Association spoke out from the audience to criticize as outmoded the Los Angeles Superior Court's program that provides litigants with neutrals to settle cases before trial.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        At a recent conference, the president of the Southern California Mediation Association spoke out from the audience to criticize as outmoded the Los Angeles Superior Court's program that provides litigants with neutrals to settle cases before trial.
        The system pressures mediators to work for free or at "sub-...

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