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<p>I have nothing against non-disclosure clauses which bar discussion of any details contained in settlement agreements as there are many legitimate and good public policy reasons for having them.</p>
<p>The sticking point is for non-disclosure clauses to extend to barring any mentioning of the fact the case has settled and thus, the mere existence of a settlement agreement period. </p>
<p>That’s the part most attorneys I’ve worked with and known would have challenged as they’d feel that’s not only unusually restrictive, but is unreasonable considering most immediate family and sometimes close friends would know a family/individual was involved in a lawsuit or a mediation of a dispute so they’d feel it’d be unreasonable and unusual for non-disclosure clauses to be written to the point one cannot even mention the case has settled. </p>