One suit seems poised to be settled for $1 and a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; another cheerleader lawsuit that accused the Oakland Raiders of wage theft was settled for $1.25 million in 2014.
Andersen Worldwide, the global umbrella of the disgraced auditors of equally disgraced energy trader Enron, is poised to pay $60 million to settle Enron-related litigation, a source said on Tuesday.
His timing, especially on his serve, is textbook, and his footwork on his groundstrokes is nearly impeccable: he seems, always, to be settled and poised to surround the ball before striking it.
In June 2014, poised to accept Google's carefully crafted third offer to settle the dispute, his team began writing to complainants to say he had rejected their claims.
His comments marked a reversal from his position before the summer, when he was poised to accept Google's third set of proposals to settle the long-running dispute, which he opened formally in November 2010.
News Corp this week denied claims that it is poised to pay a record fine of up to $850m £540mm) to settle a US Department of Justice investigation into claims that illegal newsgathering techniques in UK violated America's stringent Foreign Corrupt Practices legislation.
As temperatures moderate, and snow turns to rain and sleet, the mushy, heavy snow known as Cascade cement settles on ice-hard underlayers, poised to swoosh downward in a vast, annihilating slab.
President Obama's aides have settled on the location of a campaign headquarters in downtown Chicago, with his re-election effort poised to open early next month by raising money and building a political organization for the 2012 presidential race.
It seemed poised to improve.
Instead, Congress seems poised to do less.
