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Guidelines and Limitations for Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties
The Justice Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 9, 2024. It took effect on December 9, 2024.
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What the agency says
This final rule adopts without change the interim final rule issued by the Department of Justice ("Department" or "DOJ") on May 10, 2022, that revoked a prohibition on the inclusion of provisions in settlement agreements directing or providing for a payment or loan to a non-governmental person or entity not a party to the dispute, subject to limited exceptions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-28866
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Justice Department
- Published
- December 9, 2024
- Takes effect
- December 9, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective December 9, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. OAG 177; AG Order No. 6101-2024
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1105-AB62
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 28 CFR 50
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure
- Pages
- 14
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