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); Sheldone v. Pennsylvania Turnpik

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); Sheldone v. Pennsylvania Turnpik

orce 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 confidentiality and trust between p

itable to poker players in a high-stakes game than adversaries attempting to arrive at a just solution of a civil dispute." Lake Utopia Paper Ltd.'. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928 (2d Cir.1979). Lake Utopia involved the Second Circuit's Civil Appeals Management Plan, which called for parties to engage in a conf

itable to poker players in a high-stakes game than adversaries attempting to arrive at a just solution of a civil dispute." Lake Utopia Paper Ltd.'. Connelly Containers, Inc., 608 F.2d 928 (2d Cir.1979). Lake Utopia involved the Second Circuit's Civil Appeals Management Plan, which called for parties to engage in a conf