Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Law Practice,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 29, 2019
Do local rules empower superior courts to order cases to mediation?
In view of their existing budgetary constraints and limited resources, superior courts are incentivized to do everything in their power to get every case into mediation or some equally effective form of ADR.
Robert B. Jacobs
Neutral
Judicate West
Email: bob@attorney-mediator.law
Robert mediates business, real estate and construction disputes throughout California.
Mediation can be a superbly cost-effective means of resolving civil cases. In view of their existing budgetary constraints and limited resources, superior courts are incentivized to do everything in their power to get every case into mediation or some equally effective form of ADR. But do local rules empower superior courts to "order" cases to mediation?
Government Code Section 68070 authorizes each California court (including superi...
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