The phrase "agree to settlements" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or negotiation contexts when parties come to a mutual understanding or resolution regarding a dispute.
Example: "After lengthy discussions, both parties decided to agree to settlements to avoid further litigation."
Alternatives: "consent to agreements" or "accept the settlements."
Other defendants in the WorldCom litigation have 45 days to agree to settlements on the terms agreed to by Citigroup.
Banks and firms typically agree to settlements that include clauses that promise better pay and promotion policies for all women, as well as specific goals in hiring women.
Companies that agree to settlements usually pay for trustees, but the choices are vetted for conflicts of interest, according to European Union officials.
"We agree to settlements because they achieve for us largely everything that we could hope to get should we take the case to trial," Robert Khuzami, the S.E.C.'s enforcement director, said in an interview this month.
"As we have said consistently, we agree to settlements when the terms reflect what we reasonably believe we could obtain if we prevailed at trial, without the risk of delay and uncertainty that comes with litigation," Mr. Khuzami said in a statement.
Why did securities regulators agree to settlement terms with UBS and other firms that wound up shutting some investors out?
Stoltenberg voiced full support for the peace initiative led by Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande, and called on Russia to agree to settlement and to stick to it.
C1 Firms Agree to Settlement More than 300 companies agreed to pay $1 billion to settle an investor lawsuit contending that the stock offerings' prices were artificially inflated.
He agreed to settlements with each, paying about $850,000 and accepting restrictions on any future work in the securities industry.
JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse agreed to settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission totaling $417 million over their packaging and sale of troubled mortgage securities to investors, the agency said Friday.
