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meet and confer
(redirected from Settlement conference)

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meet and confer n. a requirement of courts that before certain types of motions and/or petitions will be heard by the judge, the lawyers (and sometimes their clients) must "meet and confer" to try to resolve the matter or at least determine the points of conflict. This has the beneficial effect of resolving many matters, reducing the time for arguments, and making the lawyers and clients face up to the realities of their positions. On the other hand, it also can be a total waste of time for the parties and their attorneys. The meet and confer rule is particularly common (and useful) in domestic relations disputes over temporary support, custody, visitation and such issues which are freighted with emotion.


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A: I was in the middle of a settlement conference and I found out that my client had remarried.
An informal settlement conference has been scheduled for Wednesday at the PERB office in Los Angeles.
The Telegraph reported that on Friday, November 17 the City's board of aldermen voted 10-4 to send the City's attorneys to a settlement conference today at the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (the "PUC") to present the proposal.
 
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