It was a scandal that cost the game's publisher, Take Two, more than twenty million dollars in lawsuit payments.
Mr. Duchovny also has a lawsuit over payment for reruns pending against Fox, which complicates any deal.
But the new policy prohibits some practices, like foreclosing on a home or "body attachment" -- having someone jailed for missing a court appearance in a lawsuit over payment.
Two of the three targets of a high-profile lawsuit seeking payment for student-athletes settled the closely watched case Thursday, leaving the N.C.A.A. as the lone remaining defendant.
Yukos shipped a tanker of oil to the United States for the first time in July, though it later encountered problems after a pending lawsuit disrupted payment for the oil.
County commissioners in Jefferson County, Ala., are considering bankruptcy amid a federal lawsuit over payments to the mayor of Birmingham, the county seat, and a missed bond payment.
It has since become apparent to the bank that it will not immediately get its money back, and J. P. Morgan has filed lawsuits demanding payment.
In addition, the ruling roiled the market for state-issued bonds backed by tobacco lawsuit settlement payments from Philip Morris and other cigarette makers.
State lawmakers who recently vilified cigarette makers as profiteers hawking a deadly product are now pressing to protect industry profits so they can continue to receive lawsuit settlement payments worth $246 billion to the states.
The government has said that it will not pursue other accusations in the lawsuit involving payments to five other health plans and two pharmacy benefit managers, a Pfizer statement said.
