D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-2608
The parties to the mediation shall be the requesting carrier, the responding carrier, and any other telecommunications carrier that has agreed to participate in the mediation at the request of the requesting or responding party.
Statements made during the mediation shall be confidential, unless the party making the disclosure waives the confidentiality of the disclosure. Any materials, which the submitting mediating party deems to be confidential and/or proprietary, shall be submitted under seal and shall not be used except in connection with the mediation. All materials submitted under seal shall be made available only to the mediator and to the mediating parties that have signed a confidentiality and/or proprietary agreement. Subsections 150.9 and 150.10 of the Commission's procedural rules shall apply to all documents submitted under seal during mediation.
All parties to the mediation shall negotiate in good faith. Refusal to continue to negotiate during mediation may be considered a failure to negotiate in good faith pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(b)(5) and may be considered by the Commission in its deliberations under 47 U.S.C. §§ 251 and 271.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-2608