P0939 A waiver of mediation confidentiality may be effective if signed by attorneys for the litigants; although judgment cannot be entered on a stipulation of settlement unless it is personally signed by the litigants themselves, it can be enforced as any other contract, including by summary judgment against a settling party who attempts to renege on the settlement and proceed with the litigation.CitationSTEWART v PRESTON (Mediation Settlement) 134 CA4 1565 [See: EvC 1123, 1152 etseq; CCP 664.6; Levy v Superior Court 10 C4 578, T/AT 7/95]
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