Sentence examples for settlements to keep from inspiring English sources

Critics said Mr. Spitzer's public campaigns against investment banks scared his targets into big settlements to keep out of the headlines, but wouldn't have stood up in court.

Director and writer Judd Apatow lamented the fact that Weinstein could use monetary settlements to keep women silent.

Moss claimed that the woman demanded a six-figure settlement to keep the story from going public.

Why did City Hall include a provision in the settlement to keep the video private at least temporarily?

Although that distinguishes this case from most others, the Justice Department and UBS also structured the settlement to keep the potential fallout from the plea to a minimum.

He added that in his view Unite Here was preventing a settlement, to keep attention on its national campaign of organizing Hyatt hotels.

A federal appeals court has allowed Southern California Edison, one of the state's largest utilities, to proceed with a $3.3 billion settlement to keep it from bankruptcy.

A1 Lawyers Spend to Fight Bush Trial lawyers are spending huge amounts of money from the nationwide tobacco settlement to keep George W. Bush and other Republicans from being elected.

But soon after his appointment he started a relationship with a male graduate student to whom, eventually, he paid $450,000 in an out-of-court settlement to keep the matter quiet.

At any given time, some 400,000 plants are growing at the center, which the city bought in the 1990s as part of a legal settlement to keep the landfill open a little longer.

[C14.] Utility to Emerge From Bankruptcy A federal judge approved a settlement to keep Southern California Edison out of bankruptcy, by having customers continue paying for at least two more years the higher rates that were imposed last May.