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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

mpromised by any disclosure, regardless of whether the communications are later excluded as evidence in proceedings in this case. The plaintiffs in Bottaro sued a number of defendants for securities fraud. One defendant 5 EFTA00205564 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 161 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/17/2

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

inadmissibility would be compromised by any disclosure whether or not it was later excluded as evidence against the intervenor. The plaintiffs in Bottaro sued a number of defendants for securities fraud. One defendant settled and was dismissed from the lawsuit. The remaining defendants later moved to

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

he inquiry must have some evidentiary value before an order to compel disclosure of otherwise inadmissible material will issue"). The plaintiffs in Bottaro sued a number of defendants for securities fraud. One defendant settled and was dismissed from the lawsuit. The remaining defendants later moved to