Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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Is this effect described in the above quotes appropriate?

For covered settlements, the 2019 United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation— best known as the Singapore Mediation Convention—would appear to preempt key process protections in the Uniform Mediation Act and similar U.S. state laws enacted to ensure the integrity of mediations.

Timothy Schnabel’s discussion of invalidity on page 44 of his article quoted above appears to indicate intended preemption of requirements “that mediations must be conducted under certain rules.” See Timothy Schnabel, “The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Framework for the Cross-Border Recognition and Enforcement of Mediated Settlements,” 19 Pepperdine Disp. Resol. L.J. 1, 44 (2019) (available at https://bit.ly/3HkJBiT.)