Settlement Agreement and Release
(MA)

Summary

This template is a settlement agreement and release between two or more parties. It assumes that the parties are settling a pending lawsuit but you can easily adapt it for use in a pre-litigation settlement. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. For more information, see Settlement Fundamentals and Tactics (MA). For a related checklist, see Settlement: Drafting a Settlement Agreement Checklist (MA).