{"id":2710,"date":"2013-12-30T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2013-12-28T08:38:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T14:38:58","slug":"mediation-contracts-good-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/mediation-contracts-good-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediation Contracts \u2013 The Good and the Uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lawyers are often lured into the prospect of settlement by casually agreeing to sign off on mediation agreements proposed by either the mediator or the opposite counsel.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The obvious purpose of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediation\">mediation <\/a>is to resolve disputes that would be costly with an unpredictable result.\u00a0Settlements are good for both parties in that they save time and money.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Litigation alternatives are expensive and results are unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">However, the importance of mediation agreements stands out in the process.<span>\u00a0<\/span>State law in Illinois governs some of the inner workings of mediations.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The law is found under 710 ILCS 35\/, which is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2489&amp;ChapterID=51\">Illinois Uniform Mediation Act (IUMA).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the advantages of mediation is confidentiality.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The confidentiality aspect of mediation is that a caucus with the just mediator and a party and counsel is a conference in confidence.<span>\u00a0<\/span>This condition should be set out in the agreement.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The importance of the confidentiality of mediation is that settlement communications are inadmissible, both in federal and state courts.<span>\u00a0<\/span>But there are distinct differences between confidentiality and privilege should the case not settle.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/mediation-contracts-good-uncertain\/#more-2710\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers are often lured into the prospect of settlement by casually agreeing to sign off on mediation agreements proposed by either the mediator or the opposite counsel.\u00a0The obvious purpose of mediation is to resolve disputes that would be costly with an unpredictable result.\u00a0Settlements are good for both parties in that they save time and money.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-procedure","category-mediation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mediation Contracts \u2013 The Good and the Uncertain  &#8212; 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