Sentence examples for settlements stem from inspiring English sources

The settlements stem from lawsuits the companies brought against the state after their requests for steeper increases were rejected by the insurance department last year.

Charges against Amro, a 36-year-old Palestinian activist who heads the non-violent human rights group, Youth Against Settlements, stem from 18 alleged crimes stretching back three years.

Auto insurance-related fraud has made a comeback, but tort reform in some states has reduced the number of legal settlements stemming from accidents.

The accord, among the largest investor settlements stemming from the recent global financial crisis, was approved by Federal District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan.

The settlements stemmed from a class-action lawsuit filed in 1996 by Wal-Mart StoRoebuck & CompanyRoebuck & Compand and a handful of other large retailers, which contended that Visa and MasterCard had violated antitrust laws by forcing merchants to accept their debit cards if they wanted to accept their credit cards.

By 2005, the Catholic Church had spent $1 billion on legal fees and settlements stemming from priests sexually abusing children.

NEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc agreed to pay $590 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of hiding tens of billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets, one of the largest settlements stemming from the global financial crisis.

The settlement stemmed from violations found at a Walmart store in Rochester in 2011.

The settlement stems from claims that an NRG subsidiary overcharged the state for long-term energy contracts.

The settlement stems from the bank's merger with Merrill Lynch at the height of the financial crisis.

The settlement stems from an audit of Transcontinental's ties to Williams's marketing unit, according to the order posted on the agency's Web site.