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Settle It Twice: How to Use a Pending Summary Judgment Motion in Mediation
Author(s) -
Young Michael D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
alternatives to the high cost of litigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1549-4381
pISSN - 1549-4373
DOI - 10.1002/alt.21620
Subject(s) - mediation , settlement (finance) , motion (physics) , law and economics , control (management) , law , business , political science , psychology , economics , computer science , finance , management , artificial intelligence , payment
Don't you just love it? Your employment case is in the discovery stage when the defense suggests an early mediation. No promises, of course, but the defendant thinks it would be a “productive exercise” to see if the parties can find a settlement before the litigation fees and costs get too far out of control.