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PROPOSED ETHICAL RULE CONCERNING MEDIATORS AND ARBITRATORS

The State Bar’s Special Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct (RRC), which is rewriting California’s Rules of Professional Conduct, has out for public comment eleven proposed ethical rules, one of which (rule 1.12) concerns mediators, arbitrators and former judges. The comment period for these rules ends on November 13, 2009.

California does not have an existing ethical rule for the conduct of mediators and arbitrators although Rules of Court 3.850 et seq. govern the activities of mediators in court-connected mediations. Those rules do not apply to privately retained mediators.
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