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By Thomas E.L. Dewey When parties to a litigation negotiate a settlement agreement, they often agree on certain core terms before others,...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey Parties commonly agree on the monetary value of a settlement before beginning work on formal settlement documents....

By Thomas E.L. Dewey Parties frequently use settlement agreements to restrict or prohibit potentially harmful conduct, such as...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey A recent case from the Southern District of New York, In re Elysium Health-ChromaDex Litigation, No. 17-cv7394(LJL),...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey A party can withhold his signature and remain unbound by a settlement agreement, even when his attorney had actual...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey When the parties to a dispute inform the court that they have reached a settlement, and the court issues an order...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey Many counterparties have reached settlement terms and closed the conversation by stating the need to “paper” the...

Public policy generally prohibits class action settlements in which the attorney fee awards dwarf the amount awarded to the class.

Parties typically expect that a settlement does not become enforceable until there is ink to paper on a formal written settlement...

By Thomas E.L. Dewey When the parties to a dispute inform the court that they have reached a settlement, and the court issues an order...