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ence and trust" and which serve significant public and private ends, have been recognized by Judge Marcus in the case of In Re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 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

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

dence and trust" and which serve significant public and private ends, have been recognized by Judge Marcus in the case of In Re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F. Supp. 1529 MI. Fla. 1997); by Chief Judge Vinson of the Northern District of Florida in Reichold Chemicals, Inc. v. Textron, Inc., 157 . 5

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

ence and trust" and which serve significant public and private ends, have been recognized by Judge Marcus in the case of In Re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F. Supp. 1529 (M. Fla. 1997); by Chief Judge Vinson of the Northern District of Florida in Reichold Chemicals, Inc. v. Textron, Inc., 157 =. 5

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

and irreparable chill" to the "frank and complete disclosures" that result in negotiated resolution of criminal matters. In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F.Supp. 1529 (M. 1997). For these reasons, plea negotiations are properly subject to a common law privilege under Rule 501. !IL THE SEVERE

t 2, do not diminish the force of the serious issues raised in this case. 14 EFTA00583752 in an uninhibited fashion" is even more important. See Lake Utopia Paper Ltd. v. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928, 930 (2d Cir. 1979). When a defendant is facing loss of liberty, he has an even greater "need for confid