Ms Lopez is now married to Marc Anthony

Representatives of Ms Lopez, 37, and Ojani Noa told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Victor H Person the matter could be settled through arbitration.

Ms Lopez obtained a restraining order in April barring Mr Noa from publishing intimate details about her.

The next pre-trial hearing is set for 17 October.

The restraining order was extended to become a preliminary injunction on 30 June at the agreement of both Ms Lopez and Mr Noa.

Ms Lopez was married to Cuban-born Mr Noa - her first husband - for less than a year before they divorced in 1998.

The singer was not present at Wednesday's hearing but will have to attend if the judge orders a mandatory settlement discussion.

Lawyers for both parties were unavailable for comment.

Ms Lopez, who is also a Hollywood actress, married second husband dancer Cris Judd in 2001. They got divorced just seven months later.

She and ex-fiance Ben Affleck split in early 2004, and she married singer Marc Anthony five months later.