Mr. Nowak said the settlement permits use of motels when the county has an "unforeseen rise" in need.
That settlement permits computer makers and consumers to add software that competes with Microsoft's, or even remove Microsoft's, but they are not obligated to do so.
The settlement permitted the case to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning, "neither side can produce the same claims against one another in a future lawsuit".
The S.E.C. has come under increased criticism for this policy, even though other federal agencies – and even the Justice Department in some of its civil settlements – permit a party to continue to deny a violation.
The government that bailed out corporations considered too economically important to fail also negotiates settlements permitting giant firms to avoid the consequences of criminal convictions.
Historically, government settlements permitted defendants to include lawyerly language that they "admit no wrong-doing".
Historically, government settlements permitted defendants to include lawyerly language that they "admit no wrong-doing". While asserting the absence of a negative in a legal settlement creates the perception usually that something, indeed, went wrong, it is far more powerful to insist that companies own up.
As for further "top-slicing", following John's lead, we were again quite clear: "It was wholly wrong that the 2010 licence fee settlement, which permitted the licence fee revenue to be used for new purposes, was not subject to any public or parliamentary consultation".
The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement to permit Toysmart.com to sell its customer database as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, but it put strict restrictions on the sale.
The Federal Trade Commission said it had reached a settlement to permit Toysmart.com, a defunct online toy seller, to sell its customer database as part of its bankruptcy plan, over the continued objections of privacy advocates and attorneys general of 39 states.
