Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jun. 18, 2013
Using ADR in civil cases becomes completely voluntary
An unintended consequence is that the conduct leading up to, during, and following the mediation is entirely unregulated.
Jan Frankel Schau
Neutral
ADR Services, Inc.
1900 Ave of the Stars Ste 250
Los Angeles 90067
Email: jfschau@adrservices.org
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
There is a new world order in civil litigation in Los Angeles County Superior Court now that the court has eliminated the ADR Program and all "court-connected" mediation that went along with it. In other words, no judge is going to order you to mediate your dispute or check to see if you showed up with the requisite decision-makers and settlement authority at any time before trial. Of course, mediation was always theoretically voluntary, not subject to court order.
Now that Lo...
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