Negotiating Employment Discrimination Cases: Tips for Employee's Counsel | Practical Law

Negotiating Employment Discrimination Cases: Tips for Employee's Counsel | Practical Law

This video provides advice for counsel representing employees in discrimination cases for negotiating settlements with employers. The video covers preliminary steps counsel should take to maximize the likelihood of reaching a settlement, including scrutinizing potential cases, managing the client's expectations, and seeking to involve a mediator. It also discusses commonly negotiated terms in settlement agreements, such as mutual releases, confidentiality clauses, and liquidated damages provisions.

Negotiating Employment Discrimination Cases: Tips for Employee's Counsel

Practical Law US Video and Audio w-040-1460 (Approx. 5 pages)

Negotiating Employment Discrimination Cases: Tips for Employee's Counsel

by Practical Law Labor & Employment
MaintainedUSA (National/Federal)
This video provides advice for counsel representing employees in discrimination cases for negotiating settlements with employers. The video covers preliminary steps counsel should take to maximize the likelihood of reaching a settlement, including scrutinizing potential cases, managing the client's expectations, and seeking to involve a mediator. It also discusses commonly negotiated terms in settlement agreements, such as mutual releases, confidentiality clauses, and liquidated damages provisions.