On a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, the focus remained on the S.E.C.'s suit and the after-effects of the settlement.
Microsoft declined to evaluate the effect of the settlement on its browser presence in Europe.
Reinstating the tax would undercut the effect of the settlement reached earlier this year in the federal government's investigation into banks' epic mishandling of foreclosure documents.
The deterrent effect of the settlement would be greatly diminished, he says, were insurers to pay for part of it.When it comes to private suits, all banks with insurance for poor decisions and errors by their employees will try to claim legal fees and settlements from their insurers.
It is overwhelmingly apparent that the combined effect of the settlement's rights clarification efforts and financial incentives will be to clarify the copyright status of many works.
Martin Davies, director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center, doesn't see much point in passing the RESTORE Act if the federal government has settled with BP. "Passing the act in those circumstances would negate the effect of the settlement made by the executive branch--a tricky, little constitutional issue," he said.
Picker, however, believes the ruling might not have an impact on the book market — at least not beyond the effect of the settlements publishers agreed to last year, in which they pledged not to restrict sellers' ability to set their own prices for two years.
"I thought five years would be great and maybe I could live to see that," said Turner, who spends about $8,500 a month on medicine and doctor visits, some of which is covered by existing N.F.L. health plans, which will remain in effect regardless of the settlement.
The buckling behavior in the case of a large circumferential central angle for localized settlement is similar to that under global differential settlement, while the effect of the localized settlement with a relatively small central angle is more obvious than that of the global differential settlement, and the snap-through buckling induced by localized settlement would govern the design.
"The effect of this settlement will be catalytic," Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said in an interview.
The overall effect of this settlement will require the BBC to achieve a 16% cash-releasing efficiency target, net of implementation costs, over the four years to 2016/17.
