Civil Litigation,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Oct. 15, 2015
Mediation confidentiality, good news and bad news
At their Oct. 8 meeting, the California Law Revision Commission again conducted a series of votes and arrived at a number of decisions regarding confidentiality in mediation.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
At their Oct. 8 meeting, the California Law Revision Commission again conducted a series of votes and arrived at
a number of decisions regarding their Study K-402 dealing with the issue of confidentiality in mediation as it concerns alleged malpractice by a lawyer-advocate and/or a lawyer-mediator.
Since their Aug. 7 meeting and voting on K-402, it appears the commission received "hundreds of communications" from mediators, mediation organizations, and retired judges opposing t...
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