Sentence examples for pay for settlements from inspiring English sources

Some Catholic leaders have encouraged the archdiocese to sell it, to help pay for settlements with victims.

The agency was concerned about taxpayer money in effect being used to pay for settlements, according to four people briefed on the policy but who were not authorized to speak publicly about it.

Officials are also worried that some critics will mistakenly think the closings are part of an effort to raise money to pay for settlements of sexual-abuse lawsuits against priests.

The council member said the archdiocese's insurance policies would not cover the full $10 million but called the amount "workable" for the archdiocese and said it would not set a precedent that would preclude the church from being able to pay for settlements in the scores of other lawsuits that have since been filed concerning priests accused of abuse.

Legislators have also introduced legislation to make the system used to report incidents more transparent and fairer for the accuser, as well as a bill that would ban the use of taxpayer money to pay for settlements.

A House subcommittee has approved a bill to ban such "pay-for-delay settlements".

"He's done really aggressive work to stop these pay-for-delay settlements," she said, referring to drug industry practices.

The F.T.C. found that there have been more such pay-for-delay settlements in the first nine months of the current fiscal year than in any entire previous year.

Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, which has greatly increased its scrutiny of what it calls "pay-for-delay settlements" between generic and branded drug companies, said that the appeals court decision "puts us one step — and a very important one — closer to solving this very real problem".

The Federal Trade Commission views pay-for-delay settlements as anti-competitive and has been prosecuting such cases since 2000.

In its 2011 annual report, Johnson & Johnson said it set aside money to pay for legal settlements or verdicts and did not expect the ultimate resolution of any Risperdal cases to affect the company in a material way.