Sentence examples for settlements much from inspiring English sources
The commission says it frequently achieves in its settlements much the same result that it could hope to obtain in court, without the expense of a trial.
Judge Rakoff looked back at the history of the practice and found that the S.E.C. had permitted defendants to settle without admitting wrongdoing because that made obtaining settlements much easier.
This disparity of aim made U.S.-Canadian relations, if much better diplomatically than in the days of territorial expansion and boundary settlements, much more subtle and complicated than ever before.
Although there are investments in drainage infrastructure in flood prone areas designed to reduce flood disaster risk in vulnerable urban settlements, much needs to be done with regards to slope stabilization in landslide prone areas and with the training of masons on safe construction technology (Brunei Darussalam Government 2011b).
The name traditionally given to the battle is unusual – there were several settlements much closer to the battlefield than Hastings.
In the case of the Israeli settlements, much of the blame belongs to former President Bill Clinton and other Democrats who helped facilitate Israel's dramatic expansion of its West Bank settlements in the 1990s.
Friday's tentative settlement, much like the ones that have preceded it without permanent success, relies entirely on voluntary incentives.
By jumping out in front of the attorneys general, the O.C.C. has made the likelihood of a 50-state master settlement much less likely.
The size of the settlement — much larger than previous plaintiffs had received in similar cases — prompted questions about whether the hacking was more widespread.
For now, the heavily leveraged Dodgers are in legal limbo pending further legal steps or a settlement, much as the Texas Rangers were until they were sold last August in bankruptcy court.
Last month, an agreement on indirect "proximity" talks collapsed within a day after Israeli officials announced approval for hundreds of new homes in an East Jerusalem settlement, much to Washington's dismay.
