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and recognizing a mediation privilege where litigants can "rely on the confidential treatment of everything that transpires during mediation ...." Lake Utopia Paper Ltd. v. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928 (2d Cir.1979); Folb v. Motion Picture Incl. Pension & Health Plans, 16 F. Supp. 2d 1164, 1173 (C.D.Ca. 1

s exist, counsel has a duty to initiate plea negotiations if he is to discharge his duty to faithfully represent the client's interests. Hawkman v. Parratt, 661 F.2d 1161, 1171 (8th Cir. 1981) (counsel's "failure to initiate plea negotiations concerning the duplicitous felony counts constituted ineffect

d recognizing a mediation privilege where litigants can "rely on the confidential treatment of everything that transpires during mediation . . . ." Lake Utopia Paper Ltd. v. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928 (2d Cir.1979); Folb v. Motion Picture Ind. Pension & Health Plans, 16 1.SIFtip.2d 1164, 1173 1998); She

s exist, counsel has a duty to initiate plea negotiations if he is to discharge his duty to faithfully represent the client's interests. Hawkman v. Parratt, 661 F.2d 1161, 1171 (8th Cir. 1981) (counsel's failure to initiate plea negotiations concerning the duplicitous felony counts constituted ineffecti

d recognizing a mediation privilege where litigants can "rely on the confidential treatment of everything that transpires during mediation . . . ." Lake Utopia Paper Ltd. v. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928 (2d Cir.1979); Folb v. Motion Picture Ind. Pension & Health Plans, 16 1.SIFtip.2d 1164, 1173 1998); She

s exist, counsel has a duty to initiate plea negotiations if he is to discharge his duty to faithfully represent the client's interests. Hawkman v. Parratt, 661 F.2d 1161, 1171 (8th Cir. 1981) (counsel's failure to initiate plea negotiations concerning the duplicitous felony counts constituted ineffecti