1. Introduction -- 2. Great misconceptions or disparate perceptions of plaintiffs' litigation aims? -- 3. The voluntary versus mandatory mediation divide -- 4. Consequences of power: Legal actors versus disputants on defendants' attendance at mediation -- 5. Actors' mediation objectives: How lawyers versus parties plan to resolve their cases short of trial -- 6. Perceptions during mediations -- 7. Parallel views on mediators and styles -- 8. Conclusion: The parallel understandings and perceptions in case processing and mediation
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