Sudan Mediation Lawyer, Texas, page 3

... Northwest admitted at the hearing on the motion to compel that it sought discovery to aid in mediation and that the failure of mediation was the impetus for its motion to compel arbitration. ... Mediation as Condition Precedent to Arbitration. ...

... [1] Before filing an answer, the Levines' attorney requested a written standstill agreement from the law firms, "where no pleadings, including the Answer, will be filed for a 45 to 60 day period while we attempt to have the mediation process run its course." When the law firms ...

... Ordinarily, settlement agreements arising from mediation are not binding when one party timely withdraws consent 422 to the agreement, unless the other party successfully sues to enforce the settlement agreement as a contract that complies with rule 11 of the Texas Rules of ...