Stage of proceeding factor determines settlement valuation, increasing from voluntary applications through progressively advanced enforcement proceedings.

Stage of proceeding factor (S) is assigned according to the procedural stage of an enforcement proceeding when a settlement application is filed. The value increases from voluntary suo motu applications, through pre- and post-show cause notice stages, to matters pending before a Designated Member, the Board, the Tribunal, or the Supreme Court. For multiple enforcement proceedings arising from the same cause of action, the factor for the most advanced proceeding applies.

---

---

---