Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 1, 2008
Waivering on Confidentiality?
Does what happen in mediation stay in mediation? That's what the state Supreme Court recently had to decide, writes Joel McCabe Smith. - Focus Column
By Joel McCabe Smith
This article appears on Page 7
On its Web page, the California Supreme Court framed the issue before it in the Simmons v. Ghaderi appeal thus: "In an action to determine whether a valid oral settlement agreement was formed during a mediation, was one party estopped to claim confidentiality for the mediation proceedings (Evidence Code Sections 1115-1124) because she had vo...
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