<p>Can civil settlements be coercive? Conventional wisdom suggests they generally cannot, as the inherent power dynamic of private law is accepted as inevitable

<p>In the United States, most civil disputes settle, often under a cloak of secrecy. Recently, secret settlements—particularly those that conceal a matter of pu

Gilat Juli Bachar, Just Tort Settlements, 56 Ariz. St. L.J. 1201 (2024).Christopher J. RobinetteThe vast majority of tort cases are settled, and many of the settlements include confidentiality provisi...