counsel to discuss matters in an uninhibited fashion often leading to settlement ...." Id. at 930. Ten years later, in Folb v. Motion Picture hid. Pension & Health Plans, 16 F.Supp.2d 1164, 1998), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law

counsel to discuss matters in an uninhibited fashion often leading to settlement ...." Id. at 930. Ten years later, in Folb v. Motion Picture hid. Pension & Health Plans, 16 F.Supp.2d 1164, 1998), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law

of liberty, he has an even greater "need for confidentiality and trust between participants in a [plea negotiation]." Folb v. Motion Picture Indus. Pension & Health Plans, 161 F.Supp.2d 1164, 1175 (M. Cal. 1998).Discovery and use of plea negotiations will cause "a meaningful and irreparable chill" to the "frank and c

s counsel to discuss matters in an uninhibited fashion often leading to settlement . ." Id. at 930. Ten years later, in Folb'. Motion Picture hid. 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