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a, 959 F. Supp. 1529 (S.D. Fla. 1997); by Chief Judge Vinson of the Northern District of Florida in Reiclzhold Chemicals, Inc. v. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (N.D. Fla. 1994); and by a number of district courts recognizing a mediation privilege which shields from disclosure and use mediation documents, l

rmits and encourages counsel to discuss matters in an uninhibited fashion often leading to settlement ...." Id. at 930. Ten years later, in Folb v. Motion Picture Ind. Pension & Health Plans, 16 F. Supp. 2d 1164, (C.D.Ca. 1998), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal c

tamination and other environmental violations to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Reichold Chemicals, Inc. v. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (N.D. Fla. 1994); and a number of district court decisions denying discovery and recognizing a mediation privilege where litigants can rely on the

nt 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 F.Supp.2d 1164, 1173 (C.D.Ca. 1998); Sheldone v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Comm n, 104 F.Supp.2d 511, (W.D.Pa. 2000); Microsoft Corporation v. Sun

. Chief Judge Vinson and the Common Law Privilege Of Reporting Environmental Hazards and Violations, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (NJ). Fla. 1994) Reichhold Chemicals involved a Consent Order between Reichhold and the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. The Order o

its and encourages counsel to discuss matters in an uninhibited fashion often leading to settlement . . . ." Id. at 930. Ten years later, in Folb'. Motion Picture Ind. Pension & Health Plans, 16 F. Supp. 2d 1164, (C.D.Ca. 1998), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal c