Government,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
May 2, 2023
Recent amendment to AB-924 could wipe out mediation confidentiality when complaints arise
The proposed amendment would require that a mediator would be required to provide an additional explanation to parties that whatever they or their lawyers say during the mediation process would no longer be confidential.
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.
For those of you who believe mediation confidentiality serves the public interest, you should be aware that Ron Kelly, long-time California mediator and ardent advocate of that concept, is once again determined to protect and promote its survival as a key component of the confidentiality of mediation proceedings. He is strenuously urging immediate opposition to AB-924 (<...
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