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Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
Arbitration clauses and awards, court-ordered mediation, settlement negotiation and agreements that actually hold.
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Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
Structuring a Business Settlement: Payments, Releases, Non-Disparagement, Confidentiality
A settlement is a contract, and its terms decide what happens on default. Payment security, release scope, dismissal, confidentiality and fees all need settling before signing.
Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
The Other Side Breached the Settlement Agreement. What Now?
A settlement agreement is a contract. When breached you enforce it as one: by motion in the open case, a new suit, or execution on an agreed judgment.
Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
The Other Side Will Not Negotiate in Good Faith. Your Options
Texas imposes no duty to negotiate or settle. You can still change the other side's arithmetic: a Rule 167 offer that shifts costs, a mediation order, and a moving case.
Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
What Is Business Mediation and How Does It Work?
Mediation is a confidential negotiation run by a neutral who cannot decide. The parties sit apart, the mediator carries offers, and a deal binds only once written and signed.
Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
When Do Business Cases Usually Settle, and Why?
At the points where information or cost changes: after key depositions, after a summary judgment or injunction ruling, at court-ordered mediation, and before trial.
Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement
Will the Court Order Us to Mediate? Mediation in Texas Business Lawsuits
Almost certainly, in a Dallas County civil district court. Texas courts may refer any case to mediation, and most Dallas courts require it about 30 days before trial.