Howard Levitt: When it comes to employee settlements, confidentiality can be everything

When employers resolve employment cases, often the settlement is mostly about confidentiality. They do not want the sometimes embarrassing details — or even the fact of the lawsuit — publicized. This is particularly so since many employment lawyers go out of their way to put into their statements of claim embarrassing facts about the company, founded or not, in order to leverage a better settlement. Unfortunately, there are minimal or no consequences for making such often false allegations. Employers do not want the public, customers, suppliers, or other employees, to pile on or become concerned by these same allegations. And successful litigation encourages others employees to reject the first offer that employer makes to them. Read More