"However, it is absolutely clear to us that when the dust settles in this case, Messieurs Glattman and Jacov will be viewed as having been victimized by a small group of powerful and fundamentally dishonest individuals".
Bank of America was the first defendant to settle in the case, said Robert Gilbert, one of the plaintiff lawyers.
(As of Friday, it's looking more likely that he'll wind up settling in that case).
But according to Anne McKenna, a visiting law professor at Penn State University and a national expert on technology and surveillance, the "breadth and scope" of Baltimore's aerial surveillance program raises new questions that are nowhere near settled in case law.
Whether they had developed the ideal traits or not, clearly humans didn't take that long to settle in (or, in this case, settle up).
It's a no-brainer for the insurance companies to settle in a case like this, even if they believe that the allegations are without merit".
"I am delighted to have settled this case in a favorable manner and am glad to close this chapter on an event which was unfortunate for all concerned," Ms. Andrews, 63, said in a statement.
Lawyer encouraged the case; lawyer offered to settle in one case; doctor false in another.
I want to make it clear that the Microsoft team worked very hard to try and settle the issues in this case without the need for additional litigation.
* Last year, JG Ballard's archive was saved through the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, in exchange for settling death duties, in this case £350,000 in tax.
