Alternative Dispute Resolution
Oct. 1, 2018
Mediation law does not protect clients; it’s too little too late
SB 954 appears to be driven by our Legislature’s desire to offer consumer protection to clients who choose to settle their disputes through mediation. But the law does not spell out the consequences or benefits of that confidentiality in any meaningful way.
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
Imagine a scenario in which your 85-year-old widowed client consults you to assist her in recovering her investment in a real estate project which is about to fail. Imagine that as the result of your efforts, she is able to negotiate keeping a parking lot, based upon her initial million-dollar investment made 20 years ago by her late husband, even when the adjacent building is being foreclosed upon. Now imagine five years later when the trustee for the estate of the o...
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