David Boies, the lead government lawyer, noted that offers discussed in mediation talks are often of a different character than those offered to a trial judge.

A specific breakup proposal was put on the table during court-sponsored mediation talks early this year.

But the mediation talks failed to produce a settlement and the plaintiffs, eleven hundred campesinos, announced they would go ahead with their suit in Denver district court.

A federal judge yesterday set mediation talks for Sept. 21 in a malpractice case against Barry Scheck, the prominent defense lawyer.

But Anadarko put the suit on hold last year and began court-supervised mediation talks with the Interior Department.

After mediation talks in early 2011, a deal to enable contractors to return to work on priority locations was arranged in May 2011.

As Microsoft and the government concluded the trial, their representatives were still continuing to meet in Chicago in search of a settlement in mediation talks.

A. I downgraded the stock in early April, when the mediation talks broke down, and we have had a hold rating on the shares ever since.

Lawyers were called in and mediation talks were held.

Set a time limit for mediation talks, particularly where child abduction has occurred.