Epstein Secrets

04/17/2012 Page 11 of 23 of disclosure may impede the development of the confidential relationship necessary for successful treatment." Id. at 10. Following Jaffee, three important sets of decisions have recognized privileges under Rule 501 to protect information that is exchanged in an environment that encoura

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and

hat "the mere possibility of disclosure may impede the development of the confidential relationship necessary for successful treatment." Id. at 10. Following Jaffee, three important sets of decisions have recognized privileges under Rule 501 to protect information that is exchanged in an environment that encoura

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and

hat "the mere possibility of disclosure may impede the development of the confidential relationship necessary for successful treatment." Id. at 10. Following Jaffee, three important sets of decisions have recognized privileges under Rule 501 to protect information that is exchanged in an environment that encoura

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and