A settlement conference is a meeting, often supervised by a judge or magistrate, at which the parties discuss resolving the case. It is a scheduled point of pressure that frequently produces agreements.
Courts schedule conferences to encourage resolution before trial. The judge can offer a view of the strengths and weaknesses of each side, which moves expectations.
The presence of a date matters for timing. Settlement hazard is not constant and tends to rise around procedural pressure points, which is why a distribution of time to settlement is more informative than a single expected date.
A settlement conference is not binding. Nothing is resolved unless the parties sign an agreement.
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