After completion of the process, the Senate introduced a bill based on the discussions. The bill is now pending at the House of Representatives. These and other assumptions were questioned in a well attended and lively February forum. The discussions following each scenario emphasized the need to consider precautions beyond reliance on Rule 408. Participants agreed that a follow-up session would be useful, and that many of the issues could be resolved through carefully crafted contractual clauses that specifically address confidentiality issues.
Legislation is also an option attendees want to discuss in the future.
If you would like copies of articles about such disputes, please call the Center. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for discussion of contractual clauses designed to further protect confidentiality in mediation. This is a follow-up session to the February forum, which you need not have attended to come to this event. Copies of clauses will be distributed at the forum, and we would like to have as many templates as possible. Please send your clauses to the Center by April 16 so that we can distribute them at the forum.