Settlement Agreements

Never settle for a simple settlement agreement

Don’t let a defective settlement agreement imperil all of your work

Think twice about signing releases in settlement agreements that include liquidated damages or indemnification provisions

Attorneys need to adopt specific strategies to represent special needs clients successfully. The payoff for your efforts will be bigger than your fee

Attorney’s potential liability under settlement signed by attorney with notation “approved as to form and content”

Many proposed confidentiality clauses conflict with counsel’s right to practice and the public’s right to know

Taking the time to include key provisions in drafting settlement agreements can prevent lost clients, lost money, and even malpractice suits

Can duress induced by a party’s own counsel void a settlement agreement?

From Issue: 2022 June

Oral mediation-settlement agreements and the use of Evidence Code section 1118