If you learn your client's real or approximate bottom line, there are risks disclosing it to the mediator. What can you do to reduce each of the following risks?

a. What can you do to reduce the risk that the mediator may not be persuaded that the disclosed bottom line is your client's real one?

b. What can you do to reduce the risk of the mediator signaling or carelessly suggesting to the other side that your client has not yet reached her bottom line?

c. How can you avoid your client's getting boxed in by her bottom line?

d. How can you protect your client's candor from being strategically exploited by the other party?