Even if it took longer to get to the settlement than expected, it's now time for both companies to look forward and not just at the past, Pooley said.
Roger M. Witten, a Washington-based lawyer who represents the banks, refused to discuss details of the agreement but said, "Everybody wants to get to the point where the settlement is approved and the money is flowing to class members".
Next month, King will get to approve the settlement filed on Monday, making the song available to the public.
A loss for the Winklevosses would mean they get to keep the settlement, which may be worth even more by then.
When it gets to the point of settlement, we can do different things.
"It is really important to get those complaints to the CPFB so they can better target future lawsuits like this, and also if this lawsuit gets to the point of settlement, help them frame what kind of relief could be available to borrowers," Yu said.
The Israelis get to keep settlements housing about 300,000 of the 400,000 Jews in the West Bank (in return for an equivalent amount of land from Israel), including virtually all the new Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem built in the Arab side of the city.
"This fortifies my belief that the strategy of pulling out all the stops to try to get to a contract settlement is the right strategy," Randi Weingarten, the union president, said yesterday.
"They tell me they have to get the settlement money to take care of their child or parents who might have survived the crash, and they'll leave me, the lawyer, to take care of the public good," he said.
"It gives us the opportunity to get at the settlement of ancient Egypt without digging even a centimeter," she says.
