Regulators from New York and Washington are huddled in negotiation with the big investment banks over the final terms of an industry-wide settlement for all the allegations of abuses of investors and conflicts of interest that have been hurled at them over the past year.
The two sides need to reach a permanent settlement once and for all.
"Our first priority is to have a fair and equitable settlement for all the victims.
"This chapel resolves to campaign against these proposals and to highlight the serious problems facing journalists in all sections over pay, workloads and stress and to work towards a genuinely fair settlement for all staff and casuals".
The discussions apparently broke down after the French government would not give approval for Crédit Lyonnais to sign an individual agreement rather than a settlement for all French parties, including Mr. Pinault and Mr. Peyrelevade.
But this time round, it seems they have introduced a new policy: 45 day deferred settlement for all software / internet companies.
Rabbis and other religious, cultural and community leaders, heading an interfaith list of 2800 people, will call for an immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza and an international conference to provide international pressure to facilitate a lasting and just settlement for all parties, in the New York Times, Wednesday, January 14 , 2009
You will receive one settlement for all personal injury expenses, so if you accept an offer before you have completed treatments, you will not be able to file additional expense claims.
An awkward feature of other people's freedoms is that they will sometimes get in your eyes.It is because the regulation of smoking requires such a delicate balancing of freedoms, rights and responsibilities that a clean once-and-for-all settlement between the tobacco companies and those suing them will be hard to negotiate.
All this points away from a once-and-for-all cash settlement, but then that is not the only form of recompense.
