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Panel backs raising mandatory-mediation referral cap to $75,000 with safeguards
Summary
AB 1523, a compromise Judiciary Committee bill, would increase the amount in controversy cap for referring civil cases to mandatory mediation from $50,000 to $75,000 and add safeguards to ensure only cases with a high likelihood of resolution are sent to mediation, sponsors said.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed AB 1523, a bill from the Assembly Judiciary Committee that would raise the amount-in-controversy cap for mandatory mediation referrals from $50,000 to $75,000 and add safeguards intended to ensure only cases likely to resolve are sent to mediation.
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