Based on these calculations, it is highly unlikely that any future settlements will be lower and they just might be significantly higher.
The settlement with Apollo gave the private equity firm the right to 20percentt of any proceeds Huntsman would receive from a future settlement with the banks.
The company said this account had been used to pay the American Express legal settlement and would be used to pay for any future settlement of related litigation.
In return, he said, his company receives a flat fee or a percentage of any future settlement -- an amount that could substantially exceed the original loan.
At his (legally non-existent) presidential palace, the northern leader, Mr Talat, asked how he would try to persuade Greek-Cypriots to back a future settlement, does not mention free movement of people or goods.
"The evidence that comes out of any future settlement is likely to be enormously helpful for our claims," said David E. Kovel, a partner at the law firm Kirby McInerney who is representing clients in a potential class-action suit related to Libor.
Indeed, the proposed site along the Road to the Future is not being considered for a future settlement partly because of a lack of village consensus, said Akira Oikawa, the head of reconstruction in Minamisanriku, the town that oversees Babanakayama, even though there is enough land there "to accommodate all the houses".
An agreement has been hindered by disagreements over how to allocate the payout and how it might affect how much other parties -- like banks that helped to finance Enron -- would have to pay in any future settlement or judgment.
As civilian casualties mount, the prospects for national reconciliation recede, which plays into Mr Putin's hands.He has already shown that he will go to considerable lengths to prevent Mr Poroshenko from declaring victory and excluding Russia from any future settlement.
The E.U., which on Dec. 8 adopted a strong, ambitious text concerning the broad lines of a future settlement, must itself move forward with the parties, in conjunction with U.S. mediation, with a view to the building and recognition of a Palestinian state living in peace and security side by side with Israel.
