He has been overseeing the reassessment under a consent decree to settle a suit from black homeowners charging that the old system had overtaxed them.
The firms signed consent decrees to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that they had made unsubstantiated claims and misled potential clients, the F.T.C. said.
More than three years have passed since Westchester County signed a landmark consent decree to settle a fair-housing lawsuit — years the county and County Executive Rob Astorino have spent shirking their obligations, challenging the deal in court, and losing.
In a 102-page consent decree filed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit, Justice Department officials and the departing governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuño, agreed to far-reaching changes in the way the 17,000-member force recruits, trains, promotes and oversees its officers.
Don't film someone at work without their consent in order to settle a personal dispute--unless you're ready to risk legal consequences.[8].
The agency negotiated a consent order with Facebook to settle charges that it had engaged in "unfair and deceptive practices" when changes in its settings revealed personal information that Facebook users had regarded to be private.
The agreement is the result of a long investigation by the Justice Department and a consent decree announced in December to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit.
"What Britain should be doing is getting in there, fighting for the changes we want so then we can ask for the consent of the British people to settle this issue once and for all," he said.
Members of the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a consent decree that will allow Google to settle the agency's investigation but admit no liability, said one of the sources, who was not authorized to speak on the record.
Only rarely have the nation states given institutions the authority to settle disagreements without their consent.
At some point after this you will receive a call from an Acas conciliator to obtain consent to approach your employer to try to settle the case.
