State Bar & Bar Associations
Jul. 13, 2023
After pushback, bill to pare mediation confidentiality stalls
A wide diverse coalition against the bill emerged after amendments were added to require that information be shared with the State Bar “notwithstanding the confidentiality otherwise attendant to mediation or arbitration.”
Following fierce pushback from the legal profession, a state lawmaker quietly dropped a bill that could have significantly pared confidentiality in dispute resolution proceedings.
“I think there was a uniform call for more discussion around how this bill would impact the successful use of mediation in keeping the civil docket moving,” said Melissa Blair Aliotti, who is affiliated with Judicate West in Sacramento but said she was not speakin...
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