Settlement Conference Confidentiality (a) Confidential Treatment. Except as provided by a case-specific order entered in advance of the settlement conference or in subdivision (b) of this local rule,

(b) Limited Exceptions to Confidentiality. This rule does not prohibit: (1) Disclosures as may be stipulated by all parties; (2) Disclosure of the terms of a fully executed or binding settlement agreement on the record arising out of the Settlement Conference; (3) Disclosures made in a subsequent confidential ADR or settlement proceeding; (4) The settlement Judge from discussing the settlement conference with the Court’s ADR staff, who must maintain the confidentiality of the settlement conference; (5) Any participant or the settlement Judge from responding to an appropriate request for information duly made by persons authorized by the Court to monitor or evaluate the Court’s ADR program in accordance with ADR L.R. 2-6; (6) Disclosures as are necessary to preserve the Court’s capacity to enforce lawful orders or to discipline contumacious conduct; or (7) Disclosures as otherwise required by law. Commentary It is the established practice in this district that a settlement Judge does not, formally or informally, disclose to the assigned Judge the substance of any settlement discussions. See Commentary for ADR L.R. 6-12.

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