Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 16, 2007
Language Logistics
Focus Column - By June R. Lehrman - Be careful how you write up your settlement agreements in mediations. Without the magic words, you may find yourself back in court.
By June R. Lehrman
The California Supreme Court recently issued Fair v. Bakhtiari, 40 Cal.4th 189 (2006), the court's third decision interpreting the parameters of California's mediation confidentiality statute. The case contains important new information about the type of language in mediated settlement agreements that does (and, perhaps even more important, does not) rise to the level of being "binding or...
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