Efforts to reach an amicable settlement failed yesterday afternoon.
"They want us to reach an amicable settlement.
A Microsoft spokesman said the company was still pursuing "an amicable settlement".
"We are holding talks on reaching an amicable settlement," said Alfred Kokh, director of Gazprom-Media.
"We are pleased that we have reached a fair and amicable settlement," said Robert T. Vance Jr., one of the plaintiffs' lawyers.
"We're doing what we can to come to some amicable settlement," Microsoft founder Bill Gates said last weekend in Davos, Switzerland.
This provides an economic incentive for all parties to come to an amicable settlement that preserves these economic relations.
Mr. Sherman said the Skakels, who have a 2-year-old son, were working toward an amicable settlement.
Creditors overwhelmingly accepted an amicable settlement of the bankruptcy, which essentially calls for a restructuring of $431 million in debts.
Since then, county officials and the paddling club have been negotiating an amicable settlement, both sides say.
