A024 Limit on Confidential Settlement Agreements

Final Status: Concurred as Substituted

Resolved, That the 81st General Convention enact Canon IV.14.14 as follows:

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Sec. 14. No Accord or civil settlement agreement may prevent or restrict the disclosure of factual information related to any alleged Offense under this Title. Notwithstanding this Section, an Accord or civil settlement agreement may preclude the disclosure of the identity of an alleged Injured Person, or of an amount paid to settle a claim or obtain a release of civil liability. 

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Sec. 14: No Accord or civil settlement agreement may prevent or restrict the disclosure of factual information related to any alleged Offense under this Title. Notwithstanding this Section, an Accord or civil settlement agreement may preclude the disclosure of the identity of an alleged Injured Person, or of an amount paid to settle a claim or to obtain a release of civil liability.