The company paid $675 million to settle the dispute, far less than the $1 billion it had set aside as a reserve in case it lost the case, which covered the years 1979 through 1987.
But the construction of an alternative plant, protected by the adjacent Iranian Revolutionary Guards base, appeared to some Western nuclear experts to constitute an Iranian effort to have a backup plan in case it lost use of the Natanz facility.
In the worst case, it loses at most $2.4 million.
To make its case against severe sanctions, Microsoft, shifting its previous strategy, has named both Bill Gates, its cofounder and chairman, and Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive, as witnesses in a trial on remedies in the antitrust case it lost.
The business paper will today hear if it has been successful in an appeal against a case it lost last year against a wealthy Saudi Arabian businessman.
Ever resourceful in its efforts to enlarge the domain of secrecy, the City has tried to use Bond, a case it lost in district court, as a tool for crippling the effectiveness of civil-rights litigation in exposing official abuses.
It can also be helpful to include a copy of your itinerary in your suitcase in case it gets lost in transit and those handling lost items might be able to track you down wherever you are staying.
Take along a photograph of your animal in case it gets lost.
For the sample shirt, we chose a long-sleeve flannel sports shirt that my husband could do without, just in case it was lost or damaged.
