Sentence examples for private settlements from inspiring English sources

Not all private settlements are anti-consumer.

In general, analysts said, the private settlements between Microsoft and competitors provided for cross-licensing and sharing technology.

That leak, in 2008, is said to have led to hundreds of private settlements with HMRC, but only one prosecution.

Most abuse cases involving the Scouts have ended in private settlements, and it is unknown how much the group has paid to victims.

But Microsoft has settled state and federal lawsuits in the United States while paying more than $4 billion in private settlements related to the federal case.

But an alternative to these private settlements — civil suits — is often not possible because the victims lack funds to pay high legal fees.

The decision to go to a judge followed Brown's refusal to negotiate a private settlement.

Even Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who reached a private settlement in a sexual assault case, is not in the clear yet.

"The publishers' private settlement, whatever its terms, does not resolve the authors' copyright infringement claims against Google," Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild, said in a statement.

Even with a private settlement, the scope of Halliburton's liability will be unclear until the end of the multidistrict litigation consolidated by a federal judge in New Orleans.

Within a month, Mr. McCormick had agreed to a private settlement with the woman's lawyer: if he withdrew from Brown, she would not file criminal charges.