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Law Practice

May 8, 2015

Mediation confidentiality concerns

Should we weaken the legislative promise of mediation confidentiality and, if so, in what way? By Rebecca Callahan


By Rebecca Callahan


The unreported decision of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Amis v. Greenberg Traurig LLP, 2015 WL 1245092 (Mar. 18, 2015), illustrates just how broad and ironclad the confidentiality protection is under California
Evidence Code Section 1119, causing some to say that mediated settlement agreements
are "super contracts" because they are effectively immune from attack on the grou...

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