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Today's Terms
Settlement Week
Definition:
A court and bar sponsored mediation awareness program in which volunteer mediators assist litigants and attorneys in exploring ADR opportunities for settling civil cases. Many courts in Ohio hold settlement weeks.
Conciliation
Definition:
This term has significantly different definitions depending upon the context. It refers to substantially different processes in federal and state statutes pertaining to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), domestic relations court, and public employee collective bargaining procedures.
Confidentiality
Definition:
Provides that information shared during the course of a dispute resolution process is deemed private and is not to be revealed to anyone outside of the process.
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