A suggestion that is expected to draw some criticism would require a settlement conference in all trials before jury selection could begin.

The settlement conference was concluded on Friday, July 24, 2009.

"Very little, if any, money has changed hands as a result of prior settlement conferences," she said.

Before the second trial, Davis demanded another settlement conference; after a half day of mediated talks in 2009, this broke down.

Then, about four months after the trial, we flew to New York for the big settlement conference.

It was not a formal court proceeding, but an unofficial settlement conference.

Each party, the plaintiff and the defendant, is usually represented at the settlement conference by their own Counsel or attorney.

Matters discussed in a settlement conference are confidential, and cannot be introduced as evidence in court.

This was a settlement conference, not a trial.

He asked Josh to recap the initial settlement conference of Monday, two days earlier.