Guidelines and Limitations for Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties

Document 2024-28866 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Justice in the Federal Register on December 9, 2024, with an effective date of December 9, 2024. 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. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-28866/guidelines-and-limitations-for-settlement-agreements-involving-payments-to-non-governmental-third.

No. Document 2024-28866 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.