Sentence examples for approved a settlement of from inspiring English sources

This past June, the City Council approved a settlement of two million dollars.

Then, Congress approved a settlement of more than $2.25 billion with black farmers -- even though census data indicated that nationwide there were about twice as many Hispanic farmers.

Soon afterward, Mr. Murdoch approved a settlement of more than $1.4 million to Mr. Taylor, an unprecedented amount for such a case.

A federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement of the matter, in which the investment bank will pay $7.5 million to eToys creditors.

A federal judge has approved a settlement of a lawsuit that accused MetLife Inc. of discriminating against blacks and other minorities in the selling of policies.

Last month, a South Carolina judge approved a settlement of another class-action suit in which a North Charleston Ramada Inn paid $450,000 for sending thousands of faxes advertising a New Year's Eve celebration.

[C14.] Utility to Emerge From Bankruptcy A federal judge approved a settlement to keep Southern California Edison out of bankruptcy, by having customers continue paying for at least two more years the higher rates that were imposed last May.

The prosecutors say the judge wanted the payment in exchange for approving a settlement of a civil case that would net the lawyer a $1.6 million fee.

The judge must decide whether to approve a settlement of the four-year-old case negotiated by Microsoft and the Bush administration or to adopt the stricter remedies urged by the nine states, led by California and Iowa.

The decision to approve a settlement of a claim for approximately $100m in unpaid wages came in the wake of a long-running dispute about wage policy for employees working for Australian disability enterprises, the lowest paid workers in Australia.

In May, in approving a settlement of the class-action lawsuit by the models, who contended that several model agencies colluded to fix prices, the federal judge in the case reduced legal fees to $3.8 million from the roughly $9 million requested, in part out of concern over the conduct of plaintiff lawyers during the case's evidence-gathering phase.