ast Thursday, February 23, 2012, Assembly Member Wagner introduced AB 2025 before the Californai State Legislature. The proposal seeks to create an exception to mediation confidentiality by amending Section 1120 of the California Evidence Code to allow the introduction of evidence:

(4) …in an action for legal malpractice, an

action for breach of fiduciary duty, or both, or in a State Bar

disciplinary action, of communications directly between the client

and his or her attorney during mediation if professional negligence

or misconduct forms the basis of the client’s allegations against

the attorney.

The full bill may be found at: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2025_bill_20120223_introduced.pdf

In sum, this proposed legislation will allow a client to bring either a civil action or disciplinary action before the State Bar against her attorney if she believes that her attorney breached her fiduciary duty or committed legal malpractice, professional negligence or misconduct during a mediation. It does not amend any other sections of the California Evidence Code to allow either the mediator or the other participants to the mediation to testify as to what occurred during the mediation. They must remain mum, bound by mediation confidentiality.

If you wish to comment on the proposed legislation, AB 2025, including suggested amendments, please contact its sponsor, Assembly Member Donald P. Wagner either at his district office; 3 Park Plaza, Suite 150, Irvine, Ca. 92614; telephone: 949-863-7070 or at his office in Sacramento; The State Capitol, Room 4153, Sacramento, Ca 94249-0070; telephone: 916-319-2070.

…. Just something to think about!

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