Nevertheless, the company confirmed that it was trying to resolve the matter with the landmarks commission.
Chancellor Alistair Darling said: "I'm very glad that RBS have now resolved the matter with Sir Fred Goodwin.
Under the age discrimination law, employees must first file a discrimination charge with the E.E.O.C., and then wait 60 days before filing a lawsuit, in order to give the commission time to try to resolve the matter with the employer.
Dr. Russell K. Hotzler, the interim president of Queens College, said in a statement yesterday that the college was delighted to have resolved the matter with the Salicks and was "grateful for their continuing generosity".
Members of Mr. Quaid's camp said a separate mediation process had resolved the matter, with Universal orally agreeing to pay Mr. Quaid about $1 million in exchange for dropping the suit.
KeySpan's parent, National Grid, a British company that has also bought utilities in Boston and upstate New York, said in a statement on Wednesday: "We have resolved the matter with the D.O.J. via the settlement that's now awaiting court approval.
He said that he immediately tried to resolve the matter with the Manhattan district attorney but that he was told there was no rush because the case was more than a decade old.
Reflecting how tense the situation has become, influential fund-raisers for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have stepped up their behind-the-scenes pressure on national party leaders to resolve the matter, with some even threatening to withhold their donations to the Democratic National Committee unless it seats the delegates from the two states or holds new primaries there.
Ten years ago Mr. Sneddon was thwarted in his effort to bring criminal charges against Mr. Jackson involving accusations that he molested a 13-year-old boy when the boy's family and Mr. Jackson resolved the matter with a multimillion-dollar settlement.
Mr Price said the proposal was a "benchmark", and he hoped to resolve the matter with the traders and their agent as soon as possible.
