§ 1-31-a — Pre-Conference and Pre-Trial Settlement Negotiations

§ 1-31-a Pre-Conference and Pre-Trial Settlement Negotiations.

(a) The administrative law judge assigned to a settlement conference or a trial may require the parties to meet and confer prior to the settlement conference or prior to the trial, for the purpose of sharing and discussing settlement offers, upon application of either party or sua sponte. The administrative law judge may set a deadline by which the parties must meet and confer. (b) Each party must participate in good faith and have present or readily accessible during these meetings an individual possessing the authority to settle the matter. All settlement offers made during this meet-and-confer period are confidential and inadmissible at the trial of any case. (c) If the parties reach a settlement agreement, they must notify OATH immediately and promptly send the settlement agreement to OATH. If the parties do not reach a settlement, they must provide a pre-conference letter to the administrative law judge, pursuant to 48 RCNY § 1-31(a), or an equivalent pre-trial letter, at least twenty-four hours prior to appearing at the settlement conference or trial, respectively. (Added City Record 12/6/2021, eff. 1/5/2022)