Estate settlement through probate procedures satisfies no one. The public is hostile to the delay, expense, and lack of … facilitate some settlement by enacting simplified procedures for low-value estates. In large measure, the Uniform Probate Copde … (UPC) was a response to criticisms leveled at probate. Alternative settlement procedures are offered by the UPC, including …

those cases via settlement agreements that preclude meaningful judicial review. It argues that those practices have given … rise to a distinct new form of policymaking, “regulation by settlement,” which has significant implications for both areas … of the law.Regulation by settlement has two defining features. First, by pursuing settlements that target certain areas …

asymmetric information can use a simple add-on to the settlement offer in order to overcome the information barriers to … settlement proposal is rejected and a trial takes place) in exchange for a payment from the other party. We refer to this class …