Folb v. Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans

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• finding that the mediation privilege had not been waived because there was no “intentional relinquishment of a known right”
• finding that the mediation privilege had not been waived because there was no \intentional relinquishment of a known right\
• recognizing a federal mediation privilege under which “communications to the 18 mediator and communications between parties during the mediation are protected” as well as 19 “communications in preparation for and during the course of a mediation with a neutral”
• “On the facts presented here, the [c]ourt concludes that 8 communications to the mediator and communications between parties during the mediation are 9 protected.”
• “[T]he mediation privilege adopted 19 today applies only to information disclosed in conjunction with mediation proceedings with a 20 neutral.”
• “[T]his Court finds it is appropriate, in light of reason and experience, to adopt a federal mediation privilege applicable to all communications made in conjunction with a formal mediation.”

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