SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The court may set any appropriate civil case for settlement conference or other alternative method of dispute resolution (ADR) and may propose that the parties participate in the Short Trial Program (General Order 2013-01). The court’s ADR process is confidential. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court, no disclosure may be made to anyone, including the judicial officer to whom the case is assigned, of any confidential dispute-resolution communication that reveals the parties’ dispute-resolution positions or the evaluating magistrate judge’s advice or opinions. Confidential dispute-resolution communications will not be admissible in any subsequent proceeding except as permitted by the Federal Rules of Evidence.
In the event of a dispute to enforce a settlement agreement, the court may order the disclosure of confidential information. 48