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General Order No. 11-10 1 whether or not the case settled. Regardless of the outcome of the mediation session, 2 the mediator will not provide the judge with any details of the substance of the 3 mediation session. With the tiling of the Mediation Report, the parties are advised 4 that they must notify the trial judge's courtroom deputy clerk of the fact of 5 settlement and promptly file documents regarding the final disposition of the case. 6 See Civil L.R. 16-15.7. 7 If no mediation was held, the mediator shall electronically file with the Court 8 a Mediation Report, indicating that a mediation did not take place. If the case did 9 not settle at the mediation session but is later settled with the assistance of the 10 mediator, the mediator shall file a subsequent Mediation Report. 11 12 9. CONFIDENTIALITY 13 9.1 Confidential 'Treatment. Except as provided in section 9.2 below, this 14 Court, the mediator, all counsel and parties, and any other persons attending the 15 mediation shall treat as "confidential information" the contents of the written 16 mediation statements, any documents prepared for the purpose of, in the course of, 17 or pursuant to the mediation, anything that happened or was said relating to the 18 subject matter of the case in mediation, any position taken, and any view of the 19 merits of the case expressed by any participant in connection with any mediation. 20 "Confidential information" shall not be: 21 (a) disclosed to anyone not involved in the litigation; 22 (b) disclosed to the assigned judges; or 23 (c) used for any purpose, including impeachment, in any pending or 24 future proceeding in this court or any other foram. 25 9.2 Limited Exceptions to Confidentiality. This rule does not prohibit: 26 (a) disclosures as may be stipulated by all parties and the mediator; 27 (b) disclosures as may be stipulated by all parties, without the 28 consent of the mediator, for use in a subsequent confidential 16