Bayer is negotiating to settle 500 other cases.
The firm is also still negotiating to settle the securities lawsuits filed by Enron shareholders against Andersen.
And city lawyers are negotiating to settle a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a toddler who was beaten to death by foster parents with a known history of abuse.
The state, which had shown little interest in negotiating to settle a class-action lawsuit by a child advocacy group, Children's Rights Inc., in 1999, suddenly began bargaining in earnest.
The process was ready for mass-marketing now in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, they said, opening up the potential for electricity utilities to turn their power networks into information highways.Two former bitter rivals, Digital Equipment and Intel, are now negotiating to settle the lawsuits over chip technology that each had launched against the other.
A federal agency has concluded that the Allstate Insurance Company was illegally discriminating against about 650 life insurance agents even as it was negotiating to settle similar charges involving thousands of agents who sell auto and home insurance, several agents and the company disclosed yesterday.
The firm has also been negotiating to settle civil claims brought by former Enron employees and shareholders.
He's derided an agreement Obama administration officials, states' attorneys general and the five biggest lenders have been negotiating to settle allegations that the banks illegally foreclosed on homeowners, arguing that the settlement doesn't hold the lenders accountable.
Lawyers for the ATP Tour have begun negotiating terms to settle a lawsuit that could have broad implications for the control of some international sports, according to a lawyer involved in the discussions.
But although the king may have instructed his envoys to attempt to secure these objects, he was probably willing to negotiate and to settle for less.
