{"id":169,"date":"2018-05-17T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2020-09-24T03:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:17:57","slug":"legal-intelligencer-key-points-in-negotiating-and-preparing-settlement-agreements-and-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-key-points-in-negotiating-and-preparing-settlement-agreements-and-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Key Points in Negotiating and Preparing Settlement Agreements and Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the May 17, 2018 edition of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelegalintelligencer.com\/\">The Legal Intelligencer<\/a>, Edward Kang, Managing Member of Kang Haggerty, writes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2018\/05\/17\/key-points-in-negotiating-and-preparing-settlement-agreements-and-releases\/\">Key Points in Negotiating and Preparing Settlement Agreements and Releases.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-description hidden-xs hidden-sm\"><em>With fewer and fewer cases going to trial, lawyers must be competent in settling claims and preparing settlement documents that accurately capture the terms of the settlement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With fewer and fewer cases going to trial, lawyers must be competent in settling claims and preparing settlement documents that accurately capture the terms of the settlement. While settlements often bring a sigh of relief from lawyers and their clients, getting from the point of settlement to execution and payment\u2014this article is written from mostly the plaintiff\u2019s perspective\u2014can take months, and sometimes requires court-intervention. This usually happens, as stated in more detail below, when one side wants to renegotiate the material terms of a settlement agreement; and the main reason for seeking to renegotiate is often the other side was not adequately prepared going into and during settlement negotiations. This is particularly true in complicated cases involving multiple parties and claims.<\/p>\n<p>Most litigators, if not all, have negotiated settlements and prepared many settlement documents. And there are many articles written about the \u201cdos and don\u2019ts\u201d of negotiating a settlement or preparing a settlement document. This article focuses on a few additional points for practitioners to consider when negotiating a settlement or preparing a settlement document. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-key-points-in-negotiating-and-preparing-settlement-agreements-and-releases\/#more-169\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the May 17, 2018 edition of\u00a0The Legal Intelligencer, Edward Kang, Managing Member of Kang Haggerty, writes\u00a0Key Points in Negotiating and Preparing Settlement Agreements and Releases. With fewer and fewer cases going to trial, lawyers must be competent in settling claims and preparing settlement documents that accurately capture the terms of the settlement. 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