In December, however, the bank disclosed that it was in discussions to settle with some private investors.
MFS Investment Management is in discussions to settle an investigation by Mr. Spitzer, and has expressed its willingness to cut its fees, people close to the negotiations said.
The company said: "HP is in serious discussions to settle the shareholder derivative litigation related to Autonomy, but no final deal has been reached yet".
Several of the companies Myriad was suing for patent infringement announced settlements this week, and The New York Times reports that the company is in discussions to settle the remaining suits.
Hoyer said Unite had walked away from discussions designed to settle the dispute.
After some discussion and wanting to settle a legitimate debt, we agreed on a reasonable amount.
It is a question that public discussion ought to try to settle, perhaps with the help of a regulatory body such as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which oversees embryo research in Britain.
(Wouldn't you love to have heard the discussions that led Artek to settle on an A of 465 cycles per second and Green Mountain on 466?) They also had a few of the same performers, including members of Piffaro.
In a May 30 court filing, the United States attorney's office in Manhattan signaled that Rengan Rajaratnam is in plea discussions with the government to settle charges that he profited from inside information on such stocks as Clearwire and Advanced Micro Devices.
WorldCom, which is in discussions with the S.E.C. to settle the case, said yesterday that it expected to make more financial restatements as a result of the discovery of additional accounting problems.
[Page C1.] KPMG Challenging Former Clients Over Shelters Even as KPMG is in discussions with federal prosecutors to settle a criminal investigation over its sale of what the Internal Revenue Service says are bogus tax shelters, the firm has been aggressively battling former clients who have sued over those same shelters.
