As state politicians argue over budget cuts, innovative programs are often the first to go. Mediation is no exception.
Santa Barbara’s 30-year-old landlord-tenant mediation program was threatened when the City Council couldn’t figure out how to fund (more…)
The recent debacle over H.R. 3808, the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act (IRNA), should raise major questions for the foreclosure mediation community. The bill posed questions not only about the role of documents and authentication within the mediation context, but some questioned whether the mediation programs should continue at all, as banks around the country halted foreclosures.
