Responsibility for Settlement Discussions
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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As officers of the court, counsel have a responsibility to minimize the expense of administering justice, refrain from burdening unnecessarily members of the public called for jury duty, and avoid inconveniencing witnesses unnecessarily. To these ends, they must conduct serious settlement discussions in time to avoid the expense to the public and litigants, and the inconvenience to jurors and witnesses, occasioned by settlements made on the eve, or at the outset, of trial. [Amended February 1, 2011]