---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.956"
title: "47"
number: "1.956"
heading: "Settlement conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.956"
---

# §1.956. Settlement conferences.


Parties are encouraged to use alternative dispute resolution procedures to settle disputes. See subpart E of this part. In any contested proceeding, the Commission, in its discretion, may direct the parties or their attorneys to appear before it for a conference.

- (a) **The purposes of such conferences are—**
  - (1) To obtain admissions of fact or stipulations between the parties as to any or all of the matters in controversy;
  - (2) To consider the necessity for or desirability of amendments to the pleadings, or of additional pleadings or evidentiary submissions;
  - (3) To consider simplification or narrowing of the issues;
  - (4) To encourage settlement of the matters in controversy by agreement between the parties; and
  - (5) To consider other matters that may aid in the resolution of the contested proceeding.
- (b) Conferences are scheduled by the Commission at a time and place it may designate, to be conducted in person or by telephone conference call.
- (c) The failure of any party or attorney, following reasonable notice, to appear at a scheduled conference will be deemed a failure to prosecute, subjecting that party's application or petition to dismissal by the Commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 68935, Dec. 14, 1998]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12454, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 68935, Dec. 14, 1998]